ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 2
January 5, 2001

In this issue:
Commerce Gets $45.5 Million for TOP Program Grants; Registration 
for Workshops Open

The Commerce Department is expected to announce its Notice of 
Availability for the Fiscal Year 2001 Technology Opportunity 
Program Grants on Janurary 11, 2001.  The expected deadline for 
proposals will be sometime in March.  Congress appropriated $45.5 
million for the TOP grants that fund the technology initiatives of 
libraries, community organizations, and community technology 
centers, and others.  For this year's grant round, TOP will hold 
Technical Assistance Workshops in Washington, DC; Denver, CO; and 
St. Louis, MO.  The purpose of the Technical Assistance Workshops 
is to give potential applicants an opportunity to find out more 
about TOP, its goals and objectives, and the particulars involved 
in applying for this year's grant funds.  The workshops are 
scheduled as follows (as posted on TOP's webpage):
 
Friday, February 2, 2001
U.S. Department of Commerce Auditorium
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
202-482-2048
202-501-5136 fax

Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Sheraton Denver Tech Center 
7007 South Clinton Street
Englewood, CO 80112
303-799-6200
303-792-5051 fax

Thursday, February 8, 2001
Hilton St. Louis Airport
10330 National Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63134
314-426-5500
314-426-2924 fax

For more details and to register, go the TOP page and follow the 
link to  "Workshops" at  
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/index.html.


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