A job seeker simply views on-line the job announcements and finds one of interest and sends his application and resume to the employer electronically . Instead of a job seeker having to call many job hot lines and driving to all the human resources departments to get an updated weekly list of all federal, state, and local government jobs, it is available twenty fours hours a day via the network. To take advantage of some of these unique offerings, some states have passed legislative bills and state appropriations to construct a state network. These states have physically installed cable and the state will own the network, from the equipment at the end nodes to the network operating centers and the cable itself. Still, other state networks are formed around existing networks and simply add connections and piggy-back off the existing reworks.
Many states use a combination of the above methods for forming a state network.
These independent state nodes would be able to receive statewide coordinated support, training, and volume purchase pricing. The key resource is sharing. Networking increases collaboration, the rate of learning, and technology transfer for the state. The network includes several universities, community colleges, agencies of city, county, and state government, plus several high tech industrial sites within these urban areas. The primary uses are electronic mail, data sharing, and remote computer access between existing university, public agency, and high technology industry's computer networks.