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Who's Responsible for the Digital Divide? The Answer May Surprise You

Tech Soup

Further, they suggest that this can create "different attitudes toward particular government initiatives when it comes to gathering support for a policy." What does this mean for organizations involved in public access technology, digital literacy, and technology training?

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Guest Post by Peter Campbell: The ROI on Flexibility

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The typical corporate desktop computer is restricted by group policies and filtering software. In fact, without standardization, automation, group policies that control what can and can’t be done on a PC, and some protection from malicious web sites, any company with 15 to 20 desktops or more is really unmanageable.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science. And these conversations weren't exclusive to the program events. It was not unusual for a person to pull out a document showing national dropout rates for their country in the middle of a cocktail party.