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The Digital Bridge Trust Fund Act
www.columbia.edu/itc/sipa/U9231-08

• November 15, 2000

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Workshop in Applied Public Management

• Faculty Advisor
• Deborah E Ward
• Team Members

Maria Bustria Maki Kobayashi Jennifer Sly Bernard
Wee
Tammy Draut Ying Liu Kristin Sullivan ThaoMee
Xiong
Hirofumi Kawakita Nirmala Patni Joy Wang
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Agenda

• Overview
• Organization and Staffing
• Budget and Revenue
• Performance Management
• Calendar

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The Digital Divide
Overview
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The Digital Divide
Percentage of Households with a Computer, by
Income

• Source Falling Through the Net, Department of
  Commerce, October 16, 2000

Overview
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Consequences

• Lack of access means fewer opportunities in
• Education
• Employment
• Political participation
• Training
• Communication

Overview
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Bridging the Gap HR4477

• Establishes a Digital Bridge Trust Fund overseen
  by Department of Commerce
• Finances programs aimed at
• Improving technological skills
• Creating career opportunities
• Targets underserved rural and urban communities
  and Native Americans

Overview
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Community Technology Centers

• Mission Provides access to computers, technology
  training, and technological tools to our targeted
  underserved population
• Method Provides grants to community
  organizations
• Budget 200 million annually for 10 years

Overview
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Geographic Organization
Organization and Staffing
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Administrative Structure
Board of Trustees
President
Review Board
Financial Officer
Regional Coordinator
State Liaison
Project Managers
Organization and Staffing
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Administrative Structure
Board of Trustees

• Established by Department of Commerce

President
Review Board
Financial Officer
Regional Coordinator
State Liaison
Project Managers
Organization and Staffing
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Administrative Structure
Board of Trustees

• Regional level

President
Review Board
Financial Officer
Regional Coordinator
State Liaison
Project Managers
Organization and Staffing
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Administrative Structure
Board of Trustees

• Local level

President
Review Board
Financial Officer
Regional Coordinator
State Liaison
Project Managers
Organization and Staffing
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Expenditures
Budget and Revenue
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Organizational Flow
Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees

• Needs Assessment

• Accountability

Digizones
Digizones

• Application Process

• Accountability

Grantees
Grantees
Performance Management
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Needs Assessment

• Population size
• Poverty level
• Existing access
• Infrastructure

Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Digizones
Digizones
Grantees
Performance Management
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Grant Selection Criteria

• Community involvement
• Technological capability
• Sustainability and replicability
• Measurable outputs and outcomes
• Linkages with other organizations

Board of Trustees
Digizones
Digizones
Grantees
Grantees
Performance Management
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Evaluating Grantees

• Site visits
• Annual performance reports
• Best practices exchange
• Falling through the Net survey

Board of Trustees
Digizones
Digizones
Grantees
Grantees
Performance Management
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Evaluating the Program

• Fair and efficient selection anddistribution
  process
• Effective and comprehensiveoutreach
• Timely on-site assistanceand support
• Program reaches intendedunderserved communities

Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Digizones
Digizones
Grantees
Performance Management
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Next Steps
1. Hire staff 2. Establish offices 3. Assess
regional needs 4. Application process 5. Support
and monitor grantees
Calendar
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Question and Answer
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Top Level Structure
Organization and Staffing
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Digizone President

• Communicate Digizone activities to the Board of
  Trustees
• Oversee administrative and financial operations
• Strategize and implement the Digital Bridge Trust
  Fund according to its intention

Organization and Staffing
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Regional Coordinator

• Serve as the communications link between the
  Digizone President and State Liaisons
• Make final round of grant awards
• Review semi-annual grant reports
• Assist State Liaisons in outreach

Organization and Staffing
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Review Board

• Conduct regional needs assessment
• Establish criteria for grant selection
• Strategize outreach
• Advise on ad hoc implementation challenges

Organization and Staffing
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State Liaison

• Disseminate grant guidelines to the targeted
  communities
• Make first round selection of grant recipients
• Conduct outreach
• Communicate state activities to the Regional
  Coordinator

Organization and Staffing
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Project Manager

• Conduct on-site support visits to grant awardees
• Target grassroots outreach to underserved regions
• Serve as the communications link between Project
  Managers and the State Liaison

Organization and Staffing
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Financial Officer

• Monitor the financial calendar of grants
  disbursement
• Monitor the internal finances of the Digizone
  operations

Organization and Staffing
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Methodology

• Department of Treasury estimates guided revenue
  and expenditure growth
• Department of Commerces budget determined
  relative proportions of expenditure line items

Budget and Revenue
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Apportioning Budget

• Weighted function of relevant census
  demographics, e.g.
• Total population size and population density
• Underserved rural, urban and Native American
  population size
• Telephone connectivity
• For each census characteristic c with weight wc,
  the weighted apportionment is

Budget and Revenue