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T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Follow the Money- Carefully The stimulus package provides billions of dollars in new funding. Schools and states need a plan to pursue it.
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T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Matt Villano	Point Man A district's IT efforts all revolve around the CIO, whose role and responsibilities have been transformed by the digital age.
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T.H.E. Journal January 8, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Building A Better CTO Reaching out to other departments and understanding what they want to accomplish, and helping them understand how technology can help, should be a part of every technology leader's job no matter what the level.
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T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Geoffry Fletcher	Fighting the War on Ed Tech Funding Two extremely important sources of funding from the federal level for states and local districts, Title II D of the No Child Left Behind Act and the E-Rate program, were in jeopardy within the last month.
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T.H.E. Journal June 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Change the Culture! The message brought forth at a recent ed tech conference came through loud and clear.
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T.H.E. Journal December 2005 Geoffrey Fletcher	Slowing Down for Progress The fastest way to incorporate technology into your district is to pause for a thoughtful consideration of what you want to achieve.
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T.H.E. Journal November 2006 Neal Starkman	Special Section: Resource Management :: Value Judgments Are your technology expenditures proving to be money well spent? A new online total cost of ownership (TCO) tool will let you know.
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