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KANSAS CITY’S

OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A

MODEL FOR REGIONAL

DIGITAL INCLUSION

Angela Siefer 10-17-2014

THE QUESTION

Is Google’s model leaving behind poor and underserved?

THE STORY

The rollout of Google

Fiber in Kansas City

has drawn attention

and resources to the

issue of digital inclusion

You Have

1. Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund

2. Library Leadership

3. This Summit

4. This Coalition

Opportunity to create a sustainable regional digital inclusion coalition.

Opportunity to

empower Kansas

Citians through

technology.

1990’s

Community

Technology Centers

created at the

grassroots level

around the country.

Angela’s Personal Digital Inclusion Timeline

1996

Creation of the

Coalition to Access

Technology and

Networking in Toledo

(CATNeT)


CATNeT Our objectives are to help low income citizens and community based organizations get access to computers, computer software, local networking, and Internet connections; and to get access to the training and technical assistance necessary to use the technology effectively.

2000

Angela becomes

director of the Ohio

Community Computing

Network


Early 2000’s

Federal funding,

multiple regional

networks, national

network


2009

Federal grants announced

for broadband

infrastructure, public

computing centers and

broadband adoption


2013

Last of the federal grants

wrap up except for state

broadband initiatives which

will end 1-31-14


2014

Momentum!


Philadelphia

City of Philadelphia funding City operated Keyspots.

City of Philadelphia funding 10 other Keyspots at $12K each.

60 of 80 original Keyspots in operation.

Minneapolis - TLC

Shares best practices

Advocates

Promotes collaborative

efforts

Bay Area Resources

Curriculum

Management

Outreach

Research and Evaluation

California Advanced

Services Fund –

Rural and Urban

Regional Broadband

Consortia

California

Rural and Urban Regional

Broadband Consortia covers

activities such as stakeholder

engagement, local planning,

data gathering, and knowledge

sharing.

The Smart Chicago Collaborative is a

civic organization devoted to

improving lives in Chicago through

technology. We focus on access to the

internet, skills for those using the

internet, and data & applications that

can make lives better for all who use

the internet.

Chicago

Smart Chicago Collaborative Funders

Seattle

Information Technology Indicators

Residential use of cable TV

Broadband adoption

Uses – Health, Work, Education, Finance, Civic Engagement

Barriers to Broadband Adoption

Customer Service Needs.

City sponsored:

Seattle Minneapolis Austin Chicago Philadelphia

Public

Statements x x x x

Access & Use

Surveys x x x University

of IL at

Chicago

x

Staff x x x

Dedicated Digital

Inclusion Funding x x x x

Involvement in

City-wide Digital

Inclusion

Network

x x x x

Benefits the Rest of Society

Opportunity for Individuals

Use of Information

Internet

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