Community Partnership Agreement Goes Online; Information, Applications for Tech Fund Grants Only a Click Away.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1998--Details about the Community Partnership Agreement are available now on the Web, and community groups can soon apply for grants from the $50 million Technology Fund online. The site can be reached at www.partnership.pacbell.net beginning Wednesday. Information about the CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. can also be obtained by calling 1-877/836-1499. Designed by Plugged In, a community computer center in East Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , the web site includes information about the CPA, its mission and its member organizations. It also provides links for individuals and groups to find more resources designed to increase telecommunications access in traditionally disadvantaged communities. "This web site will broaden access to information about an initiative aimed at expanding the availability of telecommunications services to communities throughout California," said Jim Callaway, president of public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. for Pacific Bell. Individuals in need of updated information on the CPA, including grants, can add their names to a mailing list An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new available on the web site. Potential grant applicants can also apply online beginning next year. The Community Partnership Agreement, made possible by the 1997 merger of SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis, is intended to ensure that all communities in California have access to the full benefits of basic and advanced telecommunications and information services See Information Systems. . SBC Communications Inc. (www.sbc.com) is a global leader in the telecommunications industry, with more than 36.9 million access lines and 6.5 million wireless customers across the United States, as well as investments in telecommunications businesses in 11 countries. Under the Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, SNET n. 1. The fat of a deer. v. t. 1. The clear of mucus; to blow. , Nevada Bell and Cellular One brands, SBC, through its subsidiaries, offers a wide range of innovative services. SBC offers local and long-distance telephone service, wireless communications, data communications, paging, Internet access, and messaging, as well as telecommunications equipment, and directory advertising and publishing. SBC has approximately 129,000 employees and its annual revenues rank it in the top 50 among Fortune 500 companies. |
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