Cuban leader Fidel Castro has announced that he will not return to lead the country as president, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution. His message to Cubans was published on the Web site of the ruling Communist Party newspaper Granma in both Spanish and English.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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Cool Jenna!
Do you know what percentage of people in Cuba have access to a computer or are connected to the internet?
Interesting! I can't seem to recall an important message from an American president that was disseminated over the Internet.
In fact, one of our government's more significant (and misguided) efforts to utilize the Internet occurred with the 2006 rollout of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage -- which asked our seniors to choose from among a myriad of prescription drug insurance plans. Not only was the Part D program almost incomprehensible to most seniors (and juniors, for that matter), but the assumption by CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) that most members of our senior population had access to the Web, and could navigate through it to evaluate and make their choices from among many competing insurance plans, was inappropriate.
If you're going to use the Internet, make sure your audience can access your message!
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