About: Cody was Business Development Manager and a Reporter at BroadbandCensus.com, until August 2009.
Email: williams@broadbandcensus.com
Website: http://BroadbandBreakfast.com
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2009 – Blair Levin, recently appointed to head up the national broadband strategy at the Federal Communications Commission, laid out the agency’s framework for this plan – due in 230 days – at Thursday’s open meeting.
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2009 –The Federal Communications Commission hosted the first open meeting with Julius Genachowski as chairman, having been confirmed by the Senate earlier last week.
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2009 – Senior Administration Officials from the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration detailed the newly released Notice of Funds Available (NOFA) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, now available at broadbandusa.gov.
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2009 – The following are substantive broadband comments posted on the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration posted on Tuesday and Wednesday, after Monday’s deadline in the agency’s call for comments on the $7.2 billion federal broadband stimulus program.
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2009 – BroadbandCensus.com today supplemented its list of 117 substantive broadband-related comments filed on April 13 with 53 more substantive comments. These comments were also filed on April 13, but posted on the NTIA web site after 8:11 p.m. on Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 – The Obama Administration’s broadband grants program attracted extraordinary attention on Monday, as at least 427 companies, individuals and organizations filed comments with the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2009 – The federal government’s disbursal of funds for broadband grants should be fluid and flexible enough to fund the best projects, irrespective of category, according to submissions to the NTIA on Thursday, April 9.
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2008 – Commenters to the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s broadband grants web page on Wednesday, April 8, continued to urge that the NTIA ensure that rural areas are given priority when funds are disbursed.
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2009 – Comments posted to NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunity Program website on Tuesday, April 7, continued to show the diversity of commenters and urged that experience and the ability to meet multiple goals should count when weighing applications.
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2009 – Comments filed on Monday, April 6, emphasized the rural/urban divide and how the gap in adoption can be overcome. Education, not just connection, will be critical to getting the most from stimulus funds, these commenters said.