The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop a national broadband plan, due to Congress by February 17, 2010. As a first step, the FCC published a Notice of Inquiry on April 8 seeking public comment on the national broadband plan. Read More »
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP) announced grants for five broadband telehealth networks - connecting hospitals in nine states on April 16. The program will also fund a sixth network in Alaska. Read More »
The fifth of six broadband stimulus roundtables was held in Washington DC on Monday, March 23 and the role of the states, broadband mapping and network neutrality were the topics of discussion. Read More »
At the third broadband stimulus roundtable, speakers attempted to tackle the problem of reaching vulnerable populations with broadband deployment. Read More »
At the second NTIA broadband roundtable in Las Vegas on March 17, the discussion revolved around reaching vulnerable populations, selection criteria and definitions of "broadband", "underserved" and "unserved". Read More »
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) held the first of six broadband stimulus roundtables at the Department of Commerce building in Washington, DC on March 16. The roundtables are designed to get public input on the rules the NTIA must write to implement the Broadband Technology Oppportunities grant program. Read More »
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development (RUS), and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss how they would coordinate the dispersal of economic stimulus money for broadband projects. Read More »
The three government organizations that oversee the dispersal and regulation of broadband deployment and grants are hosting a public meeting on Tuesday March 10 regarding the broadband initiatives funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Read More »
Parallel to the Obama Administration's and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's crucial inclusion of provisions to move toward universal broadband access for U.S. citizens, last month the U.K. government took a significant step forward to ensure the same for its citizens by publishing Digital Britain: The Interim Report Read More »
The economic stimulus package that passed the House and Senate last week and scheduled to be signed by President Obama today is a victory for all of us who have worked so hard to get high speed Internet access to all Americans. Read More »
