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NTIA's Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications (OTIA) assists state and local governments, education and health care entities, public service agencies, and other groups in effectively using telecommunications and information technologies to better provide public services and advance other national goals. This is accomplished through the administration of the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program and the National Endowment for Children's Educational Television.
The Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program promotes the widespread use of advanced telecommunications and information technologies in the public and non-profit sectors. The program provides matching demonstration and planning grants to state and local governments, health care providers, school districts, libraries, social service organizations, public safety services, and other non-profit entities to help them develop information infrastructures and services that are accessible to all citizens, in rural as well as urban areas. Program staff are also available to provide advice and assistance to non-profits and public sector organizations that want to be part of the National Information Infrastructure.
The Public Telecommunications and Facilities Program supports the expansion and improvement of public telecommunications services by providing matching grants or equipment that disseminate noncommercial educational and cultural programs to the American public. The main objective of the program is to extend the delivery of public radio and television to unserved areas of the United States. Under the program's authority, funds are also allocated to support Pan-Pacific Educational and Cultural Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) project. PEACESAT provides satellite-delivered education, medical, and environmental emergency telecommunications to many small-island nations and territories in the Pacific Ocean region.
The National Endowment for Children's Educational Television supports the creation and production of television programming that enhances the education of children. The program provides matching grants for television producations, which are designed to supplement the current children's educational program offerings and strengthen the fundamental intellectual skills of children. In addition, a ten-member national Advisory Council on Children's Educational Television provides advice to the Secretary of Commerce on funding criteria for the program and other matters pertaining to its administration.
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NTIA's
Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program
supports the development of a
National Information Infrastucture
that is accessbiel to all citizens, in rural as well as urban areas. The program promotes the widespread use of advanced telecommunications and information technologies through matching demonstration, access, and planning grants to state and local governments, health care providers, school districts, libraries, social service organizations, public safety services, and other non-profit entities.
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