ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 13, Number 11 February 25, 2004 In This Issue: [1] National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Technology Opportunities Program Grants Announcement [2] Invitation to the Spring Depository Library Council Meeting in St. Louis, April 18-21 National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Technology Opportunities Program Grants Announcement SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce, issues this notice describing the conditions under which applications will be received by the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) and how NTIA will select applications for funding. As an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIA is the Executive Branch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues. NTIA works to spur innovation, encourage competition, help create jobs and support policies that provide consumers with more choices and better quality telecommunications products and services at lower prices. TOP is a highly competitive, merit-based matching grant program that supports this mission through funding demonstrations of new telecommunications and information technology applications for the provision of educational, health care, or public information in the Nation's public and non-profit sectors. DATES: Applications must be either postmarked no later than April 27, 2004, or hand-delivered no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 27, 2004. ADDRESSES: Completed applications must be mailed, shipped, or sent overnight express to: Technology Opportunities Program, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., HCHB, Room 4096, Washington, DC 20230; or hand-delivered to Technology Opportunities Program, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, HCHB, Room 1874, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Wayne Ritchie (see ADDRESSES) or by phone at 202-482-2048 ext. 5515, or fax to: (202) 501-8009, or via Internet at writchie@ntia.doc.gov. The full Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (Announcement) for the TOP program is available via Web site: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top or by contacting the program official identified above. This full Announcement will also be available through Grants.gov at http://www.Grants.gov. Invitation to the Spring Depository Library Council Meeting in St. Louis, April 18-21 GPO is inviting the larger world of users and libraries who rely on GPO Access but are not depositories to attend the Depository Library Council Meeting. You have a real stake in the decisions that are made and GPO would like to hear from you. ************** Spring Depository Library Council Meeting in St. Louis, April 18-21 The spring 2004 Depository Library Council meeting is coming up on April 18-21, and we strongly urge you to attend. The afternoon session on Monday, April 19th, will be particularly important to all government information professionals, as Public Printer Bruce R. James will present the "simple truths" about the current and future state of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and the Government Printing Office (GPO) that have been uncovered during the past year's fact-finding activities. This session will include an opportunity for the audience to discuss the findings with the Public Printer and the Council. In addition, the meeting will feature presentations covering authentication and verification of electronic depository resources, digitization and preservation of the legacy print collections, proposals for a new economic model for the GPO Sales Program, and many other issues dealing with both practical applications and theoretical avenues of future development. There are major changes in the meeting schedule this year. Because we have so many important topics to discuss, the opening session of the meeting will begin at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 18th, rather than at the more traditional time on Monday morning. You will want to schedule your arrival so you can participate in the Sunday afternoon and evening meetings on the new economic model for the GPO sales program, the proposed standards for document repositories, and establishment of a collection of last resort. For further details, the meeting announcement and agenda are available at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/sp04coun.html#quick http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/sp04coun.html#quick . There is no charge for the meeting, which is being held at the Sheraton Westport Hotel, located at 900 Westport Plaza Dr., in St. Louis, MO. All participants should register at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/counreg.html http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/counreg.html . Many ideas about the evolving partnership between GPO and the depository library community will be discussed at this meeting, and it is essential that depository staff members and others who rely on the FDLP and GPO Access participate. We look forward to seeing you in St. Louis! Sincerely, Judith C. Russell (jrussell@gpo.gov ), Superintendent of Documents Daniel C. Barkley (barkley@unm.edu ), Chair, Depository Library Council ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. 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