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June 2018

Sponsor 

Senate Intelligence Committee

Date 
Wed, 06/20/2018 - 15:00

From Availability to Accessibility: Why the Detroit Public Library Began Partnering with Coin Laundromats

How do you Google a question you do not know the specific vocabulary to phrase? How do you sort through all the answers that come up, and avoid the ads that provide false or misleading information? Many people that we work with do not find high-quality, web-based resources to be accessible, even though the resources are technically available. While accessibility is near impossible without availability, availability without accessibility is perhaps even more disappointing.

San Francisco hits brakes on high-speed internet plan

San Francisco’s effort to create a citywide broadband internet service for all residents and businesses has suffered a setback as outgoing Mayor Mark Farrell will not place a tax measure on the November ballot to fund the project before he leaves office in the coming weeks. Mayor Farrell, who is expected to leave office mid-July, has been leading the citywide fiber internet project, which had the support of the late Mayor Ed Lee, for several years. Most recently San Francisco had selected three teams of companies who could potentially build and operate it.

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