{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=824", "Case Secures $975,000 To Build Hawaii's Workforce For The Digital Economy", "2022-03-25", "2022", "2022-03", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=20", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for all federal discretionary spending, announced today that H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 signed into law by the President on March 15, 2022, included his request to fund increased training for Hawai\u2019i residents in skills necessary for work in our growing digital economy.\n\n\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased not only our digital economy overall but our reliance on digital technologies to access employment, healthcare, education and other opportunities,\u201d said Case.\n\n\u201cThis means that we must even more rapidly expand training of our Hawai\u2019i workforce in digital economy skills not only to keep pace but to take full advantage of these opportunities.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur State of Hawai\u2018i Workforce Development Council, in partnership with the Hawai\u2018i State Library System, is addressing this need through digital literary training via in-person computer classes and access to online learning resources to help individuals attain computer skills and perform basic activities available online. This $975,000 in targeted federal funding will allow for substantial expansion of these efforts to get more of our residents into this workplace faster.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am grateful for the support that Representative Case is providing for a program designed to help our residents in Hawai\u2018i gain the computer skills necessary to thrive in the digital economy,\u201d said Stacey A. Aldrich, Hawaii\u2019s State Librarian. \u201cIt is recognition that a more digitally literate population enables Hawaii to be ready for the challenges and opportunities that the future brings to our world.\u201d\n\nAldrich continued: \u201cThis funding will support the expansion of a pilot project created by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Workforce Development Council (WDC) under the leadership of Director Anne Eustacio.\n\n\u201cThe WDC staff partnered with the Hawai\u2018i State Public Library System and University of Hawaii Community Colleges to deliver over 200 free classes and provide over 200 laptops and/or desktops to participants without devices. We are excited to be able to offer learning opportunities to almost 10x what was offered in the pilot. Our residents will have access to free classes in our public libraries and community spaces to build the digital skills they need to be successful.\u201d\n\nThis year the U.S. House incorporated Community Project Funding (CPF) requests by individual Members of Congress for specific projects and purposes in their district into its annual appropriations process. CPF requests may only be directed to governments or non-profits, not for-profit businesses or individuals.\n\nThey must have demonstrated community support, and they are subject to audit by the independent Government Accountability Office. Finally, all Members must publicly disclose their CPF requests and signed required ethics certifications. Case\u2019s disclosures are here: https://case.house.gov/media/funding-disclosures.htm.\n\nCase made ten CPF requests, all of which were funded.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:06:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=824"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8441358804702759, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}