Public Sector

Provided are links to public-private, academic, non-profit organizations and web-based entities that can be resources on broadband/Internet or technology issues or matters:

Federal - www.broadband.gov

State of West Virginia - Broadband Deployment Council
Contact the W.Va. Department of Commerce: (304) 558-2234

Public-Private:

• W.Va. High Tech Consortium Foundation
• Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Manufacturing

Academic:

• Center for Appalachian Network Access (CANA)
  School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  www.canacenter.org

Non-Profits:

• Bridges.org - www.bridges.org
• Rural Broadband Coalition - http://www.ruralbroadbandcoalition.net/
• Blandin Foundation - http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/grantees/CKBlandin

Web-Based:

• Techsoup - www.techsoup.org

Other Programs:

• ConnectKentucky - http://www.connectkentucky.org/
• e-NC - http://www.e-nc.org/
• Virginia's Center For Innovative Technology - Broadband - http://www.cit.org/ 
• Rural Telecommunications Congress - http://www.ruraltelecon.org/dp/