WASHINGTON, July 26, 2009 – Broadband experts all across the county have been dissecting the Notice of Funds Availability released earlier this month by the National...
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2009 - Officials at the federal agencies focusing on broadband have begun to address layered and complicated questions pertaining to the $7.2 billion...
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2009 - The NTIA and RUS have hit the road through a series of nine workshops, seeking to explain and answer questions about...
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2009 – The structure of the federal government broadband stimulus program finally began to take shape last week, as the NTIA and the...
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2009 – In a speech on Tuesday to staff at the Federal Communications Commission, new Chairman Julius Genachowski said that “if we…harness the...
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2009 - Vice President Joe Biden showcased the importance of broadband in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday as the Commerce Department, Agriculture Department and...
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2009 – The broadband policy world took a number of significant steps forward last week with the confirmation on Thursday of Larry Strickling...
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2009 - States and cities are continuing their extensive engagement in the question of broadband data and mapping. In fact, the Massachusetts Broadband...
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2009 - This is the week many following broadband stimulus activities have been waiting for: rules from the NTIA are expected on Tuesday,...
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 – Last week’s confirmation hearings for Federal Communications Commission Chairman-designee Julius Genachowski highlighted the fact that, for months now, there’s been a...
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 – Last week the Pew Internet & American Life Project released its eagerly-awaited report about broadband penetration. To nearly everyone’s surprise, in...
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 - The Pew Internet & American Life Project’s latest numbers rebut any presumption that broadband’s importance is diminishing. Federal agencies are edging...
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2009 – In the latest installment of "This Week in Mobile Broadband," BroadbandCensus.com Reporter Alex Tcherkassky discusses the domestic broadband aircard plans of...
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2009 – The next state to provide a detailed blueprint for its efforts at broadband data and display is Texas, which on June...
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2009 – As the promised June 30 deadline for the federal government’s broadband stimulus rules approaches, the three agencies responsible for aspects of...
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2009 - Entities focusing on the broadband stimulus program are watching closely for clues about the implementation details of the $7.2 billion program....
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2009 - Today, BroadbandCensus.com unveils a new feature, "This Week in Mobile Broadband," written by Alex Tcherkassky, a Washington-based reporter for BroadbandCensus.com with...
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – Late Friday afternoon, the Federal Communications Commission announced that Blair Levin, former chief of staff to Clinton FCC Chairman Reed Hundt,...
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – The NTIA faces a choice between scoring broadband grants according to a common criteria, or meeting the manifold objectives of the...
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 - A White House official involved in technology policy last week called U.S. broadband networks inadequate. This week, attention is likely to...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – This week marks the 19th annual conference, about “Computers, Freedom and Privacy,” which is hosted this week in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – Reading through the Federal Communications Commission’s 90-page report, “Bringing Broadband to Rural America,” it is clear that questions of broadband data...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 - The FCC issued its rural broadband report, which many see as laying the groundwork for the national broadband strategy due February...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 - Broadband stimulus funds from the Commerce Department will begin flowing in either October or in December, according to either an NTIA...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 - Broadband policy is becoming central to a host of debates concurrently occurring: it’s about national infrastructure, the use of wireless frequencies,...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 - The broadband stimulus program of the federal government needs a concrete and transparent mechanism for sifting through applications, and for determining...
The Rural Utilities Service last week released rules for its Community Connect grant program. While not a part of the recently-passed federal broadband stimulus, a RUS...
The NTIA seeks to digest and react to the 1,700 comments and questions filed with the agency. It plans to issue final rules within two months....
Nearly 1,700 comments and questions were filed with the NTIA in the broadband grant program: hundreds were substantive documents. The NTIA, RUS and the FCC now...
The Federal Communications Commission officially unveiled a proposal for a national broadband plan. Meanwhile, commenters worked to finish filings for the NTIA/RUS broadband grant program, due...
What’s the biggest broadband need: better infrastructure, or greater adoption? Different world-views on America’s broadband challenge emerged at two Washington-area conferences this past week. Meanwhile, less...
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2009 – BroadbandCensus.com on Monday launched the BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report, a newsletter summarizing the top broadband-related news of the previous week, and looking...
The public record from Commerce Department’s NTIA and the Agriculture Department’s RUS forums is complete, with 18 sessions over six days. Now comes the hard part:...
In four days of meetings at the Commerce Department, NTIA and RUS entertained debate on eligibility rules, coordination between the Commerce and Agriculture Departments, the definition...
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