Lewis will update ITAC on further developments. The program is open to individual universities or state consortiums. Universities will be connected by commercial networks, through NSF or possibly other high performance, high speed networks. A letter of support has been received from the White House that Clinton and Gore will emphasize the program if re-elected. More faculty are using resources and more students want resources.
Space is also a major issue.
Creative ways need to be found to address these issues. CAC is working on the Network Managers Training Program. Pat Schneider of IT is developing the courseware. Some students have received calls from Global Communications, Inc., that they owe bills and will be turned over to collection agencies. They are given a phone number to call and asked to send a check.