United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-03-12 monographic deposited born digital 56 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-68 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68 P0b002ee1803a02ad f:rc96068 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68 RCED-96-68 Telecommunications equipment Telecommunications operations Computer networks State programs Educational facilities Cooperative agreements Data transmission operations Wide area networks Public schools State/local relations Iowa Nebraska North Carolina Iowa Telecommunications Network Nebraska School Technology Fund Internet Dept. of Education Star Schools Program Chapter Report RCED Advances in telecommunications can improve the public's access to various services regardless of where they live. For example, two-way communications can enable high-school students to participate in advanced science courses offered by other high school districts and patients at rural clinics to be diagnosed by medical specialists at distant urban hospitals. Some states have already taken steps to make these services more widely available. This report focuses on (1) how three states--Iowa, Nebraska, and North Carolina--have encouraged private investment in improving their telecommunications infrastructure, (2) how they have provided for increased and more-affordable access to advanced telecommunications services, and (3) what lessons their experiences could hold for others. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68.pdf GAO/RCED-96-68 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-68 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-96-68; Telecommunications: Initiatives Taken by Three States to Promote Increased Access and Investment; Telecommunications equipment Telecommunications operations Computer networks State programs Educational facilities Cooperative agreements Data transmission operations Wide area networks Public schools State/local relations Iowa Nebraska North Carolina Iowa Telecommunications Network Nebraska School Technology Fund Internet Dept. of Education Star Schools Program Public Law 104-104