Funds Held Steady for Key U.S. Programs

March 6, 2003 | Read Time: 1 minute

Late in February, Congress finished work on the budget for 2003 — more than four months after the start of the fiscal year — and provided as much money as it did in 2002 for two technology programs that President Bush wants to eliminate.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities Program, which awards grants for innovative technology projects — especially those dealing with economic development, education, and health care — received $15.5-million. The U.S. Department of Education’s Community Technology Centers program, which makes grants to local groups that provide access to technology, received $32-million.

President Bush’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2003 called for the termination of both programs, as does the administration’s 2004 budget plan.

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NICOLE WALLACE

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Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.