Media Advisory - Regents' Technology Committee to Meet May 13

May 9, 2002

Regents' Technology Committee to Meet May 13 at USM Office

The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents' Committee on Technology will meet in public session via teleconference on Monday, May 13 at 10 a.m. The call will emanate from the Chancellor's Conference Room in the USM Office, 3300 Metzerott Road in Adelphi, MD.

The Committee will consider the following agenda items:

• Update of the USM Digital Divide Initiative, including plans to use one-time funding to purchase computers for qualifying students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Coppin State College, and Bowie State University, the three USM institutions where the digital divide is most apparent according to a recent Technology Committee survey
  
• Update on proposed technology fees
  

Full agenda and background information will be available at the meeting. Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please call 301/445-2756 (voice) or 301/314-7683 (TTY/ITT) to make special arrangements.

Contact:

Chris Hart
Phone: 301/445-2739
E-mail: chart@usmd.edu