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The Business Information Systems Network (BISNet) is an on-line, wide area network telecommunication system that will help you access some of the most current and effective business information and strategies available today.

In 1995, the Secretary of Agriculture announced a $3.025 million cooperative agreement with seven land grant universities to develop income- producing projects for underdeveloped rural communities. This effort supported the President's mandate of reaching out to low-income, rural communities to help improve their economic sustainability. The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), an agency within the Rural Development mission area of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), working in collaboration with the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, assisted these universities with funding for this project. As a part of the agreement, RBS established a Wide Area Network called BISNet and provided the seven pilot universities with computer equipment to assist them in accomplishing their mission.

The BISNet project is a resource tool whose main purpose is to help everyone "get connected" on the Internet's World Wide Web. It is an information resource tool that not only reaches out to low income, rural communities but it also helps strengthen the USDA/1890 partnerships. The BISNet fosters opportunities for strategic planning for effective enterprising, and also contains information about approaches to business development and growth which has been proven successful for previous entrepreneurs. It interconnects with corporate, government, and private entities and allows you access to various services including, but not limited to: classified ads, federal job announcements, on-line business plans, loan services, and the Federal Register.Today, all sixteen Land Grant institutions, plus Tuskegee University, are a part of the BISNet communication system network.
 

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