President Clinton and National Academy Foundation Announce Pilot Sites for New Information Technology Academies.

Alliances with Department of Commerce and Small Business Administration

- Announcements, Made at Rev. Jesse Jackson's Wall Street Project Conference,

Deliver on Promises of New Markets Tour -

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- President William Jefferson Clinton and Sanford I. Weill, Chairman of Citigroup and the National Academy Foundation, today announced that the Academy of Information Technology, a new program to prepare high school students for careers in dynamic information technology fields, will be piloted in twelve public secondary schools across the United States. The program will provide a ninth through twelfth grade curriculum with opportunities to partner with community colleges, universities, and businesses. The Academy of Information Technology program was first unveiled by President Clinton in Anaheim, California during his July, 1999 New Markets Tour, and the announcement of the pilot sites was made at the third annual Wall Street Project Conference, hosted by Reverend Jesse Jackson. The Academy of Information Technology is supported by a roster of blue-chip corporations led by Lucent Technologies; other partners include Computer Associates, United Technologies Corporation, and AT&T.

The National Academy Foundation also announced major alliances with both the U.S. Commerce Department…