http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/PressReleases_FactSheets/PROD01_007789
"Of these funds, $250 million will be available for innovative programs that
encourage sustainable adoption of broadband services."
I wonder what "innovative" and "sustainable adoption" mean?
With E-Democracy.Org's work with rural communities - http://e-democracy.org/rv
- and online community building/citizen engagement, I think you could make a
reasonable argument that broad public adoption of broadband in rural and other
less served areas requires compelling local social media and content
experiences NOT just going online to buy things or consume online entertainment
from far away. Hopefully many more areas will finally getting decent
"always-on" Internet in their homes and small businesses, people will gain new
opportunities to "come home to their local community online."
Steven Clift
See:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants
From:
http://www.fcc.gov/recovery/broadband/recovery-broadband-agenda-031009.pdf
AGENDA
Public Meeting on the Broadband Initiatives in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
March 10, 2009, U.S. Department of Commerce Auditorium
Washington, D.C. (10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.)
10:00 Welcome
Anna Gomez, Acting Administrator, NTIA
10:05 President Obama’s Broadband Strategy
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture
10:20 Remarks from the Federal Communications Commission
Acting Chairman Michael J. Copps
10:30 Remarks from NTIA
Mark Seifert, Senior Advisor
10:40 Broadband Initiatives: Statutory Requirements & Timelines
Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, Associate Administrator, NTIA
David Villano, Assistant Administrator for Telecommunication Programs,
USDA Rural Development
Scott M. Deutchman, Acting Senior Legal Advisor to Acting Chairman Copps, FCC
11:00 Questions and Comments from the Public
11:30 Adjourn
The Public Meeting will be streamed over the Web with captions and made
available on NTIA’s website http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants .
Interested parties wishing to submit questions in advance of the meeting may do
so by emailing them to Barbara Brown (NTIA) at <email obscured>; Christi
Shewman (FCC) at <email obscured>; or Mary Campanola (USDA) at
<email obscured>.