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Telecom and Consumer Pioneer Mary Gardner Jones Dies; Founded Alliance for Public Technology

WASHINGTON, January 5, 2010 – Mary Gardiner Jones, the first female Federal Trade Commissioner and co-founder of the Alliance for Public Technology, died on December 23, 2009, APT announced Tuesday. “Mary Gardiner Jones not only tore down walls that kept women out of positions of power and influenc

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Launch of National Broadband Research Center Puts Focus on Adoption, Not Access

WASHINGTON, November 23, 2009 – Declaring that its prior mission had been accomplished, on Thursday the Alliance for Public Technology rebranded itself as the National Broadband Research Center, a new organization charged with carrying the banner for broadband adoption. When the Alliance for Public

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Broadband Adoption and Not Availability is Key Challenge, Says One Economy

WASHINGTON, July 31 – Although broadband is largely available in low-income communities in the United States, many of the poor do not see a reason to subscribe, the vice president of the non-profit One Economy Corporation said Wednesday.

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Disability Community Pushes Bill Requiring Internet Close-Captioning

June 20 – The community of persons with disabilities has been rallying behind a measure, introduced in Congress on Thursday, that would require companies that make devices or offer communication networks to accommodate persons with disabilities.

Telecom and Consumer Pioneer Mary Gardner Jones Dies; Founded Alliance for Public Technology

Launch of National Broadband Research Center Puts Focus on Adoption, Not Access

Broadband Adoption and Not Availability is Key Challenge, Says One Economy

Disability Community Pushes Bill Requiring Internet Close-Captioning

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