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In a continued effort to uphold Google’s informal motto of don’t be evil, Google has announced that Google Apps is now free for registered nonprofits. By announcing this, Google has provided a valuable service to organizations would not typically be able to afford it. By providing powerful communication features, Google enables these nonprofits to collaborate, communicate, and publish together. I personally use Google Apps for my organization and am in the process of convincing/moving my school over to web apps. In organizations such as schools and informal organizations, the ability to access the organizational features from any location easily is invaluable. Students are able to access documents from home (and can thus never lose work). Organization members can access their services from home, which is an important service since most volunteer work is not done from a central office. Consequently, I am encouraging many of my clients to look at Google Apps for their organizations IT infrastructure. After all, what’s better than IT that doesn’t require an IT department? Now, I can refer nonprofits safe in the knowledge they will receive free service. Thanks Google!