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Article: Vice President Gore, MCI CEO Launch CyberEd Truck
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 17, 1996
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WASHINGTON, April 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Vice President Gore today
joined Education Secretary Richard Riley, MCI Chairman and CEO Bert
Roberts, and Tech Corps Founder Gary Beach to launch the CyberEd
truck, a cyber classroom on wheels reminiscent of bookmobile
programs, providing local educators, community leaders and families
with hands-on educational technology experience. The truck will
travel to every rural and urban Empowerment Zone in the nation.
In addition, President Clinton today signed an executive order to
improve the transfer of excess federal computer equipment to schools
and nonprofit organizations.
Vice President Gore announced the new executive order at the
event. "This ...