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XKennardoutlinesthreeinvestmentstoclosethedigitaldivide:   [1]FullyFundingtheE-rateprogram    X X<(4 4 <DL!X<TheE-rateprogramisthefirststepininvestingforthefuture.AnE-rateprogramwillhelpustobringtheInternetintoeveryschoolandlibraryineverycornerofthenation.Kennardannounced,"Thisweekwewereabletosendnearly$12milliontoschoolsandlibrariesrighthereinTexas." X?+ 4 <DL!44X? X[2]InitiatingANewTaxCertificateProgram   X X<(4 4 <DL!X<Buildingastrongandprosperousfuturealsomeansusingatax-certificateprogram.Itmustbedesignedtoenticeownerstosellalltypesofcommunicationslicenses!fromTVtocable w | towireless-tosmallbusinessesandespeciallysmallbusinessrunbyLatinos,womenandotherminorities.TheChairmansaid,"BeforeCongressendedtheprogramin1995,itopenedthedoorforpeoplelikeTomCastrotoenterandtothriveinthecommunicationsbusiness." X?+ 4 <DL!44X? X[3]EndingAdvertisingDisparity %  X X<(4 4 <DL!X<WemustmakesurethatLatinformattedradiostationscansustainthemselvestoprovidethenewsandlocalinformationforcommunitiesaroundthecountry.Kennardsaid, Discriminatoryadvertisingpracticesmustbestopped,sothatastationsuchasKSCAFMinLosAngeles,whichisnumberoneinaudiencesize,isnotstuckatnumber20inadrevenue." X?+ 4 <DL!44X? XAccordingtoarecentDepartmentofCommercereport,thereisawideninggapbetweenthe informationhaves--thosewithInternetandcomputeraccess,generallyhigherincome,better , &  Xeducatedgroups--andtheinformationhave-nots-thosewithoutaccess,generallylowerincome, oftenminorities.  Ӏ-FCC-  S\  `&Times New RomanS