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PERFORMANCE GOALS AND INDICATORS*	FY 1998 ACTUAL	FY 1999 ACTUAL	FY 2000 TARGET	FY 2001 TARGET
Provide modern, affordable telecommunications services to rural communities.
Number of new residents and businesses receiving service	226,002	170,000	247,000	284,000
Jobs generated as a result of facilities constructed with telecommunication funds	13,002	10,603	15,400	17,700
Schools receiving transmission facilities for distance learning applications	16	15	22	25
Maximize the leveraging of loan funds to increase the number of rural residents assisted.
Leveraging of telecommunications financial assistance (private investment to RUS and RTB funding)	$4.70: 1	$5.22: 1	$5.00: 1	$5.00: 1

Program Activity: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program	FY 1998 ACTUAL	FY 1999 ACTUAL	FY 2000 ESTIMATE	FY 2001 ESTIMATE
Program Level	$16m	$68m	$220m	$427m*

PERFORMANCE GOALS AND INDICATORS	FY 1998 ACTUAL	FY 1999 ACTUAL	FY 2000 TARGET	FY 2001 TARGET
Provide distance learning and telemedicine services, utilizing telecommunications technologies, to rural communites.
Number of schools receiving distance learning facilities	253	287	1,800	2,680
Number of rural residents and businesses receiving education or training over distance learning facilities (in millions)	0.4	0.2	2.8	4.0
Number of health care providers receiving telemedicine facilities	127	131	3,130	4,670
Maximize the leveraging of loan funds to increase the number of rural residents assisted.
Leveraging of telemedicine and distance learning financial assistance (private investment to RUS funding)	$2.00: 1	$1.45: 1	$2.00: 1	$2.00: 1

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