United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-09-16 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:T-HEHS-98-246 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246 P0b002ee18037a2a4 f:he98246t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246 T-HEHS-98-246 Aid for education Computers Libraries Public schools Telecommunication Education or training Information technology Educational grants GSA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance FCC E-Rate Program Goals 2000 Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Technology Literacy Challenge Fund Dept. of Education Star Schools Program Dept. of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program Dept. of Commerce Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program NEH Education, Development, and Demonstration Program Dept. of Education Title I Program Testimony HEHS

The nation's school districts and public libraries are increasingly investing in technology to improve education, communication, and the flow of information. For example, between 1994 and 1997, the percentage of public schools with Internet access rose from 35 percent to 78 percent. But the cost of this technology is high. One market research organization reported that public schools spent an estimated $4.3 billion on technology in school year 1996-97 and projected that they would spend $5.2 billion in school year 1997-98. This testimony reviews federal programs that can be used to fund technology for schools and libraries. GAO (1) lists these programs, (2) describes their features, such as the federal administrative costs, number of federally funded full-time-equivalent positions assigned to each program, the procedures used to award funding, program funding levels, and the authorizing statute or legal authority to provide such funding; (3) describes the potential for duplication; (4) discusses how the Government Performance and Results Act can be used to coordinate and reduce duplication in such programs; (5) describes federal efforts to coordinate federal education and technology programs; and (6) provides information on waste, fraud, and abuse in each program and efforts to eliminate these problems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246/html/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246.pdf GAO/T-HEHS-98-246 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-246 Testimony GAO/T-HEHS-98-246; Telecommunications and Information Technology: Federal; Aid for education Computers Libraries Public schools Telecommunication Education or training Information technology Educational grants GSA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance FCC E-Rate Program Goals 2000 Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Technology Literacy Challenge Fund Dept. of Education Star Schools Program Dept. of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program Dept. of Commerce Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program NEH Education, Development, and Demonstration Program Dept. of Education Title I Program Title 20 Section 7401 Title 20 Section 8241 20 U.S.C. 7401 20 U.S.C. 8241 Title 47 Section 390 47 U.S.C. 390 Public Law 89-209 Public Law 103-227 Public Law 104-104