The Digital Divide Network. From: Black Enterprise | Date: June 1, 2000| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2000 Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

IT professionals team up to create Internet-based clearinghouse

So what's all this talk about the "digital divide"--that invisible yet vast gulf between those with access to the Internet and cutting-edge technology and those without? Hardly a day goes by without a glowing news report about a new program, initiative or incentive aimed at helping the poor get their hands on computers or otherwise benefit from today's new technologies.

What happens, however, once you turn off your television or fold up your newspaper? Where exactly are these programs taking place? Who can ...

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