Terry L Calloway

IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 28, 2011

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 Topeka – House Speaker Mike O’Neal (R-Hutchinson) named freshman Representative Terry Calloway (R-Pittsburg) to the newly created KAN-ED Study Committee. The KAN-ED program was created by the Kansas Legislature to provide low-cost internet and broadband services to schools, libraries and hospitals.

This ten-member committee was charged by the legislature with studying the efficiency and effectiveness of the KAN-ED program in providing broadband internet access to schools, libraries and hospitals. This Committee is composed of members of the Education, Information Technology, Public Health and Welfare, Health and Human Services, Utilities and Budget Committees to ensure that every perspective of KAN-Ed is adequately represented.

Representative Calloway is the President and chief executive officer of Data Technique Inc., a software and consulting firm that has twice been named a Novell Partner of the Year. He also served as a visiting instructor at Pittsburg State University and served as a part-time instructor for adult classes in microcomputer software.

“With his business background and technical expertise Representative Calloway is uniquely suited to review the KAN-ED program and ensure that the funds spent on this program are being put to the best possible use,” said Speaker O’Neal. “I am confident his knowledge will be an asset to this team.”

The KAN-ED Study Committee will meet during the summer before presenting its recommendations to the Kansas Legislature during the 2012 session.