ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 13, Number 91 November 11,2004 In This Issue: Urge Congress to Lift the Freeze on E-rate before the Lame Duck Session Ends Update: Contact Congress and the FCC immediately to urge that the E-Rate be restored without delay. The lame duck session provides a small window of opportunity for the E-rate funds to be restored in their entirety. But the session will end within the next few days. Therefore, it is critical for you to contact Congress and the FCC today to press for the freeze to be lifted. Send Emails and Faxes no later than Monday, November 15,2004. Do not send a letter through U.S. mail (it must go through security and will not arrive in time). Emails and faxes can be sent through the Legislative Action Center ****** Remember: You Can Call Any MEMBER OF CONGRESS Toll-Free: 1-800-839-5276 ****** 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. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Carol Ashworth, Don Essex, Joshua Farrelman, Erin Haggerty, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.