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Pa. to decide on $200m edtech proposal: The Pennsylvania General Asssembly is deciding on a initiatative this month that would put a laptop on many high school students' desks. The $200 million, three-year program called "Classrooms for the Future" is the brainchild of Gov. Ed Rendell, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The initiative would include installing...; Tags: Education, Education Week, $200-million; Blog posts 2006-06-06
Note to telcos: Resistance is futile: Reuters has a story about how Verizon Communications intends to exercise its rights shouldÂ a telco-sponsored bill that prevents Pennsylvania localities from setting up their own communications networks not get vetoed by state Governor Ed Rendell.Â Laws to protect big business? Rendell has until Tuesday to veto the bill.Â Meanwhile, Philadelphia is...; Tags: Armageddon, Verizon Communications Inc., telecommunications company, Ed Rendell; Blog posts 2004-11-30

Pennsylvania joins Health Information Exchange movement: Pennsylvania has become the latest state to join the rush toward Health Information Exchanges HIX, through an executive order signed by Gov. Ed Rendell. An HIE provides a framework for sharing medical records among doctors and hospitals. Often, as in the Pennsylvania case, it's pushed by industry...; Tags: Pennsylvania, Health Care, HIE, Healthbridge, eHealth Initiative, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-02
With state budget surpluses, a windfall for edtech?: The federal government is cutting education funding but states - flush with cash for the first time since the 90s - may be ready to fund edtech in a big way. Relying on a collection of gubenatorial budget speeches compiled by the National Governors Association, eSchool News notes that several...; Tags: edtech, education; Blog posts 2006-04-11