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National Broadband Plan

“This country needs a national goal for . . . the spread of broadband technology. We ought to have . . . universal, affordable access for broadband technology by the year 2007, and then we ought to make sure as soon as possible thereafter, consumers have got plenty of choices when it comes to [their] broadband carrier.” - George W. Bush, 2004

"Access to high-speed Internet is no longer a luxury, but an essential tool to compete in this 21st-Century economy. The availability of this technology is critical to attracting the business and development that will create the good paying jobs that stay in the United States." White House | Dept. of Commerce | FCC |

FCC Press Release Word | Acrobat: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission delivered to Congress a National Broadband Plan setting an ambitious agenda for connecting all corners of the nation while transforming the economy and society with the communications network of the future -- robust, affordable Internet.

"The National Broadband Plan is a 21st century roadmap to spur economic growth and investment, create jobs, educate our children, protect our citizens, and engage in our democracy," said Chairman Julius Genachowski. "It's an action plan, and action is necessary to meet the challenges of global competitiveness, and harness the power of broadband to help address so many vital national issues."

"In every era, America must confront the challenge of connecting the nation anew," said Blair Levin, Executive Director of the Omnibus Broadband Initiative at the FCC. "Above all else, the plan is a call to action to meet that challenge for our era. If we meet it, we will have networks, devices, and applications that create new solutions to seemingly intractable problems."

Closing Broadband Gaps

Titled "Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan," the Plan found that while broadband access and use have increased over the past decade, the nation must do much more to connect all individuals and the economy to broadband's transformative benefits. Nearly 100 million Americans lack broadband at home today, and 14 million Americans do not have access to broadband even if they want it. Only 42 percent of people with disabilities use broadband at home, while as few as 5 percent of people living on Tribal lands have access. Meanwhile, the cost of digital exclusion for the student unable to access the Internet to complete a homework assignment, or for the unemployed worker who can't search for a job online, continues to grow.

Other gaps threaten America's global competitiveness. A looming shortage of wireless spectrum could impede U.S. innovation and leadership in popular wireless mobile broadband services. More useful applications, devices, and content are needed to create value for consumers. And the nation has failed to harness broadband's power to transform delivery of government services, health care, education, public safety, energy conservation, economic development, and other national priorities.

America's 2020 Broadband Vision

The Plan's call for action over the next decade includes the following goals and recommendations:

• Connect 100 million households to affordable 100-megabits-per-second service, building the world's largest market of high-speed broadband users and ensuring that new jobs and businesses are created in America.
• Affordable access in every American community to ultra-high-speed broadband of at least 1 gigabit per second at anchor institutions such as schools, hospitals, and military installations so that America is hosting the experiments that produce tomorrow's ideas and industries.
• Ensure that the United States is leading the world in mobile innovation by making 500 megahertz of spectrum newly available for licensed and unlicensed use.
• Move our adoption rates from roughly 65 percent to more than 90 percent and make sure that every child in America is digitally literate by the time he or she leaves high school.
• Bring affordable broadband to rural communities, schools, libraries, and vulnerable populations by transitioning existing Universal Service Fund support from yesterday's analog technologies to tomorrow's digital infrastructure.
• Promote competition across the broadband ecosystem by ensuring greater transparency, removing barriers to entry, and conducting market-based analysis with quality data on price, speed, and availability.
• Enhance the safety of the American people by providing every first responder with access to a nationwide, wireless, interoperable public safety network.

The Plan was mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009 and produced by an FCC task force that set new precedents for government openness, transparency, and rigor. Information for the plan was gathered in 36 public workshops, 9 field hearing, and 31 public notices that produced 75,000 pages of public comments. The debate went online with 131 blogposts that triggered 1,489 comments; 181 ideas on IdeaScale garnering 6,100 votes; 69,500 views on YouTube; and 335,000 Twitter followers. The task force augmented this voluminous record with independent research and data-gathering.

About half of the Plan's recommendations are addressed to the FCC, while the remainder are for Congress, the Executive Branch, state and local government, working closely with the private and nonprofit sectors.

3/16/10 FCC Sends National Broadband Plan to Congress. National Broadband Plan: Acrobat News Release: Word | Acrobat

4/8/09 FCC Launches Development of National Broadband Plan.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Notice of Inquiry: Word | Acrobat

Legislation

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5 (Recovery Act) signed into law on February 17, 2009 :: Recovery Act s 6001 (k)

(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a report containing a national broadband plan.

(2) The national broadband plan required by this section shall seek to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal. The plan shall also include--

(A) an analysis of the most effective and efficient mechanisms for ensuring broadband access by all people of the United States;

(B) a detailed strategy for achieving affordability of such service and maximum utilization of broadband infrastructure and service by the public;

(C) an evaluation of the status of deployment of broadband service, including progress of projects supported by the grants made pursuant to this section; and

(D) a plan for use of broadband infrastructure and services in advancing consumer welfare, civic participation, public safety and homeland security, community development, health care delivery, energy independence and efficiency, education, worker training, private sector investment, entrepreneurial activity, job creation and economic growth, and other national purposes.

(3) In developing the plan, the Commission shall have access to data provided to other Government agencies under the Broadband Data Improvement Act (47 U.S.C. 1301 note).

As the Plan noted, ARRA gave the FCC authority to create a plan; it did not create authority to implement the recommendations within the Plan. That authority would have to come from elsewhere. See NBP 17.3, p. 337 "The plan sets out a strategic vision for America, establishing national goals regarding broadband and recommending specific policies to achieve those goals. It does not reach conclusions about or explore in detail the many legal issues that will be relevant to the FCC’s implementation of the plan. These will be addressed through notice-and-comment rulemakings the FCC will conduct following the plan."

Recommendations

• 4.01: The federal government, including the FCC, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Congress, should make more spectrum available for existing and new wireless broadband providers in order to foster additional wireless/wireline competition at higher speed tiers.
• 4.02: The FCC and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) should collect more detailed and accurate data on actual availability, penetration, prices, churn and bundles offered by broadband service providers to consumers and businesses, and should publish analyses of these data.
• 4.03: The FCC, in coordination with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), should establish technical broadband measurement standards and methodology and a process for updating them. The FCC should also encourage the formation of a partnership of industry and consumer groups to provide input on these standards and this methodology.
• 4.04: The FCC should continue its efforts to measure and publish data on actual performance of fixed broadband services. The FCC should publish a formal report and make the data available online.
• 4.05: The FCC should initiate a rulemaking proceeding by issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to determine performance disclosure requirements for broadband.
• 4.06: The FCC should develop broadband performance standards for mobile services, multi-unit buildings and small business users.
• 4.07: The FCC should comprehensively review its wholesale competition regulations to develop a coherent and effective framework and take expedited action based on that framework to ensure widespread availability of inputs for broadband services provided to small businesses, mobile providers and enterprise customers.
• 4.08: The FCC should ensure that special access rates, terms and conditions are just and reasonable.
• 4.09: The FCC should ensure appropriate balance in its copper retirement policies.
• 4.10: The FCC should clarify interconnection rights and obligations and encourage the shift to IP-to-IP interconnection where efficient.
• 4.11: The FCC should move forward promptly in the open proceeding on data roaming.
• 4.12: The FCC should initiate a proceeding to ensure that all multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) install a gateway device or equivalent functionality in all new subscriber homes and in all homes requiring replacement set-top boxes, starting on or before Dec. 31, 2012.
• 4.13: On an expedited basis, the FCC should adopt rules for cable operators to fix certain CableCARD issues while development of the gateway device functionality progresses. Adoption of these rules should be completed in the fall of 2010.
• 4.14: Congress, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the FCC should consider clarifying the relationship between users and their online profiles.
• 4.15: Congress should consider helping spur development of trusted "identity providers" to assist consumers in managing their data in a manner that maximizes the privacy and security of the information.
• 4.16: The FCC and FTC should jointly develop principles to require that customers provide informed consent before broadband service providers share certain types of information with third parties.
• 4.17: The federal government, led by the FTC, should put additional resources into combating identity theft and fraud and help consumers access and utilize those resources, including bolstering existing solutions such as OnGuard Online.
• 4.18: FCC consumer online security efforts should support broader national online security policy, and should be coordinated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FTC, the White House Cyber Office and other agencies. Federal agencies should connect their existing websites to OnGuard Online to provide clear consumer online security information and direction.
• 4.19: The federal government should create an interagency working group to coordinate child online safety and literacy work, facilitate information sharing, ensure consistent messaging and outreach and evaluate the effectiveness of governmental efforts. The working group should consider launching a national education and outreach campaign involving governments, schools and caregivers.
• 4.20: The federal government should investigate establishing a national framework for digital goods and services taxation.
• 5.01: The FCC should launch and continue to improve a spectrum dashboard.
• 5.02: The FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) should create methods for ongoing measurement of spectrum utilization.
• 5.03: The FCC should maintain an ongoing strategic spectrum plan including a triennial assessment of spectrum allocations.
• 5.04: Congress should consider expressly expanding the FCC's authority to enable it to conduct incentive auctions in which incumbent licensees may relinquish rights in spectrum assignments to other parties or to the FCC.
• 5.05: Congress should consider building upon the success of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA) to fund additional approaches to facilitate incumbent relocation.
• 5.06: Congress should consider granting authority to the FCC to impose spectrum fees on license holders and to NTIA to impose spectrum fees on users of government spectrum.
• 5.07: The FCC should evaluate the effectiveness of its secondary markets policies and rules to promote access to unused and underutilized spectrum.
• 5.08: The FCC should make 500 megahertz newly available for broadband use within the next 10 years, of which 300 megahertz between 225 MHz and 3.7 GHz should be made newly available for mobile use within five years.
• 5.09: The FCC should revise Parts 74, 78 and 101 of its rules to allow for increased spectrum sharing among compatible point-to-point microwave services.
• 5.10: The FCC should revise its rules to allow for greater flexibility and cost-effectiveness in deploying wireless backhaul.
• 5.11: The FCC, within the next 10 years, should free up a new, contiguous nationwide band for unlicensed use.
• 5.12: The FCC should move expeditiously to conclude the TV white spaces proceeding.
• 5.13: The FCC should spur further development and deployment of opportunistic uses across more radio spectrum.
• 5.14: The FCC should initiate proceedings to enhance research and development that will advance the science of spectrum access.
• 5.15: The FCC and NTIA should develop a joint road map to identify additional candidate federal and non-federal spectrum that can be made accessible for both mobile and fixed wireless broadband use, on an exclusive, shared, licensed and/or unlicensed basis.
• 5.16: The FCC should promote within the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) innovative and flexible approaches to global spectrum allocation that take into consideration convergence of various radio communication services and enable global development of broadband services.
• 5.17: The FCC should take into account the unique spectrum needs of U.S. Tribal communities when implementing the recommendations in this chapter.
• 5.08.01: The FCC should make 20 megahertz available for mobile broadband use in the 2.3 GHz WCS band, while protecting neighboring federal, non-federal AMT and satellite radio operations.
• 5.08.02: The FCC should auction the 10 megahertz Upper 700 MHz D Block for commercial use that is technically compatible with public safety broadband services.
• 5.08.03: The FCC should make up to 60 megahertz available by auctioning AWS bands, including, if possible, 20 megahertz from federal allocations.
• 5.08.04: The FCC should accelerate terrestrial deployment in 90 megahertz of MSS.
• 5.08.05: The FCC should initiate a rulemaking proceeding to reallocate 120 megahertz from the broadcast television bands.
• 6.01: The FCC should establish rental rates for pole attachments that are as low and close to uniform as possible, consistent with Section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, to promote broadband deployment.
• 6.02: The FCC should implement rules that will lower the cost of the pole attachment "make-ready" process.
• 6.03: The FCC should establish a comprehensive timeline for each step of the Section 224 access process and reform the process for resolving disputes regarding infrastructure access.
• 6.04: The FCC should improve the collection and availability of information regarding the location and availability of poles, ducts, conduits and rights-of-way.
• 6.05: Congress should consider amending Section 224 of the Act to establish a harmonized access policy for all poles, ducts, conduits and rights-of-way.
• 6.06: The FCC should establish a joint task force with state, Tribal and local policymakers to craft guidelines for rates, terms and conditions for access to public rights-of-way.
• 6.07: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) should make federal financing of highway, road and bridge projects contingent on states and localities allowing joint deployment of conduits by qualified parties.
• 6.08: Congress should consider enacting "dig once" legislation applying to all future federally funded projects along rights-of-way (including sewers, power transmission facilities, rail, pipelines, bridges, tunnels and roads).
• 6.09: Congress should consider expressly authorizing federal agencies to set the fees for access to federal rights-of-way on a management and cost recovery basis.
• 6.10: The Executive Branch should develop one or more master contracts to expedite the placement of wireless towers on federal government property and buildings.
• 7.01: The government should focus broadband R&D funding on projects with varied risk-return profiles, including a mix of short-term and long-term projects (e.g., those lasting 5 years or longer).
• 7.02: Congress should consider making the Research and Experimentation (R&E) tax credit a long-term tax credit to stimulate broadband R&D.
• 7.03: The federal government should provide ultra-high-speed broadband connectivity to select DoD installations to enable the development of next-generation broadband applications.
• 7.04: The National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering (National Academies) should develop a research road map to guide federal broadband R&D funding priorities.
• 7.05: NSF should establish an open, multi-location, interdisciplinary research center for areas related to broadband, addressing technology, policy and economics. Center priorities should be driven by the agenda identified in the National Academies research road map.
• 7.06: NSF, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), should consider funding a wireless testbed for promoting the science underlying spectrum policymaking and a testbed for evaluating the network security needed to provide a secure broadband infrastructure.
• 7.07: The FCC should start a rulemaking process to establish more flexible experimental licensing rules for spectrum and facilitate the use of this spectrum by researchers.
• 8.01: The FCC should improve Universal Service Fund (USF) performance and accountability.
• 8.02: The FCC should create the Connect America Fund (CAF).
• 8.03: The FCC should create the Mobility Fund.
• 8.04: The FCC should design new USF funds in a tax-efficient manner to minimize the size of the gap.
• 8.05: Throughout the USF reform process, the FCC should solicit input from Tribal governments on USF matters that impact Tribal lands.
• 8.06: The FCC should take action to shift up to $15.5 billion over the next decade from the current High-Cost program to broadband through common-sense reforms.
• 8.07: The FCC should adopt a framework for long-term intercarrier compensation (ICC) reform that creates a glide path to eliminate per-minute charges while providing carriers an opportunity for adequate cost recovery, and establish interim solutions to address arbitrage.
• 8.08: The FCC should examine middle-mile costs and pricing.
• 8.09: The FCC should begin making disbursements from the CAF.
• 8.10: The FCC should broaden the universal service contribution base.
• 8.11: The FCC should begin a staged transition of reducing per-minute rates for intercarrier compensation.
• 8.12: The FCC should manage the total size of the USF to remain close to its current size (in 2010 dollars) in order to minimize the burden of increasing universal service contributions on consumers.
• 8.13: The FCC should eliminate the legacy High-Cost program, with all federal government funding to support broadband availability provided through the CAF.
• 8.14: The FCC should continue reducing ICC rates by phasing out per-minute rates for the origination and termination of telecommunications traffic.
• 8.15: To accelerate broadband deployment, Congress should consider providing optional public funding to the Connect America Fund, such as a few billion dollars per year over a two to three year period.
• 8.16: Congress should consider expanding combination grant-loan programs.
• 8.17: Congress should consider expanding the Community Connect program.
• 8.18: Congress should consider establishing a Tribal Broadband Fund to support sustainable broadband deployment and adoption in Tribal lands, and all federal agencies that upgrade connectivity on Tribal lands should coordinate such upgrades with Tribal governments and the Tribal Broadband Fund grant-making process.
• 8.19: Congress should make clear that state, regional and local governments can build broadband networks.
• 8.20: Federal and state policies should facilitate demand aggregation and use of state, regional and local networks when that is the most cost-efficient solution for anchor institutions to meet their connectivity needs.
• 8.21: Congress should consider amending the Communications Act to provide discretion to the FCC to allow anchor institutions on Tribal lands to share broadband network capacity that is funded by the E-rate or the Rural Health Care program with other community institutions designated by Tribal governments.
• 8.22: The federal government and state governments should develop an institutional framework that will help America's anchor institutions obtain broadband connectivity, training, applications and services.
• 9.01: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should expand Lifeline Assistance (Lifeline) and Link-Up America (Link-Up) to make broadband more affordable for low-income households.
• 9.02: The FCC should consider free or very low-cost wireless broadband as a means to address the affordability barrier to adoption.
• 9.03: The federal government should launch a National Digital Literacy Program that creates a Digital Literacy Corps, increases the capacity of digital literacy partners and creates an Online Digital Literacy Portal.
• 9.04: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) should explore the potential for public-private partnerships to improve broadband adoption by working with other federal agencies.
• 9.05: Public and private partners should prioritize efforts to increase the relevance of broadband for older Americans.
• 9.06: The federal government should explore the potential of mobile broadband access as a gateway to inclusion.
• 9.07: The private sector and non-profit community should partner to conduct a national outreach and awareness campaign.
• 9.08: The Executive Branch should convene a Broadband Accessibility Working Group (BAWG) to maximize broadband adoption by people with disabilities.
• 9.09: The FCC should establish an Accessibility and Innovation Forum.
• 9.10: Congress, the FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) should modernize accessibility laws, rules and related subsidy programs.
• 9.11: Federal support should be expanded for regional capacity-building efforts aimed at improving broadband deployment and adoption.
• 9.12: Congress and federal agencies should promote third-party evaluation of future broadband adoption programs.
• 9.13: NTIA should establish a National Broadband Clearinghouse to promote best practices and information sharing.
• 9.14: The Executive Branch, the FCC and Congress should consider making changes to ensure effective coordination and consultation with Tribes on broadband-related issues.
• 10.01: Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) should consider develop[]ing a strategy that documents the proven value of e-care technologies, proposes reimbursement reforms that incent their meaningful use and charts a path for their widespread adoption.
• 10.02: Congress, states and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should consider reducing regulatory barriers that inhibit adoption of health IT solutions.
• 10.03: The FCC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should clarify regulatory requirements and the approval process for converged communications and health care devices.
• 10.04: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) should establish common standards and protocols for sharing administrative, research and clinical data, and provide incentives for their use.
• 10.05: Congress should consider providing consumers access to-and control over-all their digital health care data in machine-readable formats in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost.
• 10.06: The FCC should replace the existing Internet Access Fund with a Health Care Broadband Access Fund.
• 10.07: The FCC should establish a Health Care Broadband Infrastructure Fund to subsidize network deployment to health care delivery locations where existing networks are insufficient.
• 10.08: The FCC should authorize participation in the Health Care Broadband Funds by long-term care facilities, off-site administrative offices, data centers and other similar locations. Congress should consider providing support for for-profit institutions that serve particularly vulnerable populations.
• 10.09: To protect against waste, fraud and abuse in the Rural Health Care Program, the FCC should require participating institutions to meet outcomes-based performance measures to qualify for USF subsidies, such as HHS's meaningful use criteria.
• 10.10: Congress should consider providing an incremental sum (up to $29 million a year) for the Indian Health Service for the purpose of upgrading its broadband service to meet connectivity requirements.
• 10.11: The FCC should periodically publish a Health Care Broadband Status Report.
• 11.01: The U.S. Department of Education, with support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), should establish standards to be adopted by the federal government for locating, sharing and licensing digital educational content by March 2011.
• 11.02: The federal government should increase the supply of digital educational content available online that is compatible with standards established by the U.S. Department of Education.
• 11.03: The U.S. Department of Education should periodically reexamine the digital data and interoperability standards it adopts to ensure that they are consistent with the needs and practices of the educational community, including local, state and non-profit educational agencies and the private sector.
• 11.04: Congress should consider taking legislative action to encourage copyright holders to grant educational digital rights of use, without prejudicing their other rights
• 11.05: State accreditation organizations should change kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) and post-secondary course accreditation and teacher certification requirements to allow students to take more courses for credit online and permit more online instruction across state lines.
• 11.06: The U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies should provide support and funding for research and development of online learning systems.
• 11.07: The U.S. Department of Education should consider investments in open licensed and public domain software alongside traditionally licensed solutions for online learning solutions, while taking into account the long-term effects on the marketplace.
• 11.08: The U.S. Department of Education should establish a program to fund development of innovative broadband-enabled online learning solutions.
• 11.09: State education systems should include digital literacy standards, curricula and assessments in their English Language Arts and other programs, as well as adopt online digital literacy and programs targeting STEM.
• 11.10: The U.S. Department of Education should provide additional grant funding to help schools train teachers in digital literacy and programs targeting STEM. States should expand digital literacy requirements and training programs for teachers.
• 11.11: The U.S. Department of Education should encourage the adoption of standards for electronic educational records.
• 11.12: The U.S. Department of Education should develop digital financial data transparency standards for education. It should collaborate with state and local education agencies to encourage adoption and develop incentives for the use of these standards.
• 11.13: The U.S. Department of Education should provide a simple Request for Proposal (RFP) online "broadcast" service where vendors can register to receive RFP notifications from local or state educational agencies within various product categories.
• 11.14: The FCC should adopt its pending Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to remove barriers to off-hours community use of E-rate funded resources.
• 11.15: The FCC should initiate a rulemaking to set goals for minimum broadband connectivity for schools and libraries and prioritize funds accordingly.
• 11.16: The FCC should provide E-rate support for internal connections to more schools and libraries.
• 11.17: The FCC should give schools and libraries more flexibility to purchase the lowest-cost broadband solutions.
• 11.18: The FCC should initiate a rulemaking to raise the cap on funding for E-rate each year to account for inflation.
• 11.19: The FCC should initiate a rulemaking to streamline the E-rate application process.
• 11.20: The FCC should collect and publish more specific, quantifiable and standardized data about applicants' use of E-rate funds.
• 11.21: The FCC should work to make overall broadband-related expenses more cost-efficient within the E-rate program.
• 11.22: Congress should consider amending the Communications Act to help Tribal libraries overcome barriers to E-rate eligibility arising from state laws.
• 11.23: The FCC should initiate a rulemaking to fund wireless connectivity to portable learning devices. Students and educators should be allowed to take these devices off campus so they can continue learning outside school hours.
• 11.24: The FCC should award some E-rate funds competitively to programs that best incorporate broadband connectivity into the educational experience.
• 11.25: Congress should consider providing additional public funds to connect all public community colleges with high-speed broadband and maintain that connectivity.
• 12.01: As outlined in Chapter 16, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should start a proceeding to explore the reliability and resiliency of commercial broadband communications networks.
• 12.02: States should reduce impediments and financial disincentives to using commercial service providers for Smart Grid communications.
• 12.03: The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) should clarify its Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) security requirements.
• 12.04: Congress should consider amending the Communications Act to enable utilities to use the proposed public safety 700MHz wireless broadband network.
• 12.05: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the FCC should continue their joint efforts to identify new uses for federal spectrum and should consider the requirements of the Smart Grid.
• 12.06: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the FCC, should study the communications requirements of electric utilities to inform Federal Smart Grid policy.
• 12.07: States should require electric utilities to provide consumers access to, and control of, their own digital energy information, including real-time information from smart meters and historical consumption, price and bill data over the Internet. If states fail to develop reasonable policies over the next 18 months, Congress should consider national legislation to cover consumer privacy and the accessibility of energy data.
• 12.08: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) should adopt consumer digital data accessibility and control standards as a model for the states.
• 12.09: DOE should consider consumer data accessibility policies when evaluating Smart Grid grant applications, report on states' progress toward enacting consumer data accessibility, and develop best practices guidance for states.
• 12.10: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) should make Smart Grid loans to rural electric cooperatives a priority, including integrated Smart Grid-broadband projects. RUS should favor Smart Grid projects from states and utilities with strong consumer data accessibility policies.
• 12.11: The FCC should start a proceeding to improve the energy efficiency and environmental impact of the communications industry.
• 12.12: The federal government should take a leadership role in improving the energy efficiency of its data centers.
• 13.01: Small Business Administration (SBA) resource partner programs should provide enhanced information technology (IT) applications training.
• 13.02: Current federal SME support programs should use broadband and online applications to scale their services and give small businesses access to a virtual network of experts.
• 13.03: The government should develop a public-private partnership to provide technology training and tools for small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) and SMEs in low-income areas.
• 13.04: Congress should consider additional funds for the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to bolster entrepreneurial development programs with broadband tools and training.
• 13.05: The Department of Labor (DOL) should accelerate and expand efforts to create a robust online platform that delivers virtual employment assistance programs and facilitates individualized job training.
• 13.06: Congress should consider eliminating tax and regulatory barriers to telework.
• 13.07: The federal government should promote telework internally.
• 13.08: The federal government should develop regional and community broadband benchmarks for use as a central component within economic development planning and programs. The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should ensure that regions integrate broadband infrastructure into local economic development. To support local community benchmarking, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and USDA should integrate technology assessments into the Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise Community (EC) and Renewal Community (RC) programs.
• 13.09: EDA should create an easy-to-use, dynamic online information center that gives regional development managers access to integrated federal, state, local, and Tribal data.
• 13.10: The National Science Foundation (NSF) should use its technology transfer grants to spur regional innovation and development as well as greater collaboration across universities.
• 14.01: Federal government agencies and departments should serve as broadband anchor tenants for unserved and underserved communities.
• 14.02: When feasible, Congress should consider allowing state and local governments to get lower service prices by participating in federal contracts for advanced communications services.
• 14.03: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should review and coordinate federal grants that have a broadband connectivity requirement. Federal government grant funding should not limit or permit limitations on the use of federally funded facilities or services for broadband deployment, except when technology solutions cannot ensure privacy or security of data.
• 14.04: The Executive Branch and Congress should consider using federal funding to encourage cities and counties to gather information on initiatives enabled by broadband in ways that allow for rigorous evaluation and lead to an understanding of best practices.
• 14.05: OMB should develop a vision and strategy to guide agencies on cloud computing.
• 14.06: OMB and the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council should develop a competition to annually recognize internal efforts to transform government using broadband-enabled technologies.
• 14.07: The Executive Branch should create an interagency working group, comprised of the senior grants officials from each agency, to implement guidelines and requirements for interagency coordination of grants and to improve Grants.gov to make it easier for applicants to use.
• 14.08: The Federal CIO Council should accelerate agency adoption of social media technologies for internal use.
• 14.09: The Executive Branch, in collaboration with relevant regulatory authorities, should develop machine-readable repositories of actionable real-time information concerning cybersecurity threats in a process led by the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator.
• 14.10: The federal government should take an active role in developing public-private cybersecurity partnerships.
• 14.11: The Executive Branch should expand existing and develop additional educational programs, scholarship funding, training programs, and career paths to build workforce capability in cybersecurity.
• 14.12: The Executive Branch should develop a coordinated foreign cybersecurity assistance program to assist foreign countries in the development of legal and technical expertise to address cybersecurity.
• 14.13: The FCC should work with Internet service providers (ISPs) to build robust cybersecurity protection and defenses into networks offered to businesses and individuals without access to cybersecurity resources. ISPs that participate in this program should receive technical assistance from the federal government in securing their networks.
• 14.14: OMB should accelerate technical actions to secure federal government networks.
• 14.15: OMB and the Federal CIO Council should develop a single, secure enterprise-wide authentication protocol that enables online service delivery.
• 14.16: The Executive Branch should create and maintain MyPersonalData.gov as a mechanism that allows citizens to request their personal data held by government agencies.
• 14.17: Congress should consider re-examining the Privacy Act to facilitate the delivery of online government services and to account for changes in technology.
• 14.18: The federal government should undertake a series of efforts to improve the delivery of government services online.
• 14.19: The Executive Branch's review of the Paperwork Reduction Act should aim to enable government to solicit input to improve government services.
• 14.20: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) should develop a five-year strategic plan for online service delivery.
• 14.21: The federal government should improve the delivery of means-tested benefits to low-income Americans.
• 15.01: The primary legal documents of the federal government should be free and accessible to the public on digital platforms.
• 15.02: Government should make its processes more transparent and conducive to participation by the American people.
• 15.03: All data and information that the government treats as public should be available and easy to locate online in a machine-readable and otherwise accessible format in a timely manner. For data that are actionable or time-sensitive in nature, the Executive Branch should provide individuals a single Web interface to manage e-mail alerts and other electronic communications from the federal government.
• 15.04: All responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by Executive Branch and independent agencies should be made available online at www.[agency].gov/foia.
• 15.05: The Executive Branch should revise its Data Quality Act guidance to encourage agencies to apply the Act more consistently and facilitate the re-publishing of government data.
• 15.06: Congress should consider increasing funding to public media for broadband-based distribution and content.
• 15.07: Congress should consider amending the Copyright Act to provide for copyright exemptions to public broadcasting organizations for online broadcast and distribution of public media.
• 15.08: The federal government should create and fund Video.gov to publish its digital video archival material and facilitate the creation of a federated national digital archive to house public interest digital content.
• 15.09: Congress should consider amending the Copyright Act to enable public and broadcast media to more easily contribute their archival content to a digital national archive and grant reasonable noncommercial downstream usage rights for this content to the American people.
• 15.10: The Federal CIO Council should accelerate the adoption of social media technologies that government can use to interact with the American people.
• 15.11: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) should create an Open Platforms Initiative that uses digital platforms to engage and draw on the expertise of citizens and the private sector.
• 15.12: The Executive Branch and independent agencies should expand opportunities for Americans with expertise in technological innovation to serve in the federal government.
• 15.13: Federal, state and local stakeholders should work together to modernize the elections process by addressing issues such as electronic voter registration, voting records portability, common standards to facilitate data exchanges across state borders and automatic updates of voter files with the most current address information.
• 15.14: The Department of Defense (DoD) should develop a secure Internet-based pilot project that enables members of the military serving overseas to vote online.
• 16.01: Create a public safety broadband network.
• 16.02: Survey public safety broadband wireless mobile infrastructure and devices.
• 16.03: Ensure that broadband satellite service is a part of any emergency preparedness program.
• 16.04: Preserve broadband communications during emergencies.
• 16.05: The FCC should issue a cybersecurity roadmap.
• 16.06: The FCC should expand its outage reporting requirements to broadband service providers.
• 16.07: The FCC should create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program.
• 16.08: The FCC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should create a cybersecurity information reporting system (CIRS).
• 16.09: The FCC should expand its International participation and outreach.
• 16.10: The FCC should explore network resilience and preparedness.
• 16.11: The FCC and the National Communications System (NCS) should create priority network access and routing for broadband communications.
• 16.12: The FCC should explore broadband communications reliability and resiliency.
• 16.13: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) should prepare a report to identify the costs of deploying a nationwide NG911 System and recommend that Congress allocate public funding.
• 16.14: Congress should consider enacting a federal NG 911 regulatory framework.
• 16.15: The FCC should address IP-based NG 911 communications devices, applications and services.
• 16.16: The FCC should launch a comprehensive next-generation alert system inquiry.
• 16.17: The Executive Branch should clarify agency roles on the implementation and maintenance of a next-generation alert and warning system.
• 17.01: The Executive Branch should create a Broadband Strategy Council to coordinate the implementation of National Broadband Plan recommendations.
• 17.02: The FCC should quickly publish a timetable of proceedings to implement plan recommendations within its authority, publish an evaluation of plan progress and effectiveness as part of the annual Section 706 Advanced Services Inquiry, create a Broadband Data Depository, and continue to utilize Broadband.gov as a public resource for broadband information.
• 17.03: The FCC should publish a Broadband Performance Dashboard with metrics designed to track broadband plan goals.

Reports

• Lennard Kruger, The National Broadband Plan: Where do We Stand, Congressional Research Service, March 19, 2013
• John Horrigan, Broadband Adoption in 2012, TechNet

News

• OECD Releases Report on National Broadband Plans, Michael Geist 6/22/2011
• Happy Birthday NBP, AT&T 3/21/2011
• One Year Later, FCC 3/17/2011
• Blair Levin Still Ignoring Lack Of Broadband Competition - Now downplaying high prices as well, dslreports 11/3/2010
• The Limits of Philosophy, FCC 9/15/2009
• National Broadband Plan: Competition Policy Is Key, Free Press 12/17/2009
• GAO to FCC: Wireless users need more protection, CNET 12/15/2009
• Americans Doubt Government Role in Broadband, Internet News 8/16/2010
• The FCC and the bandwidth wars, WAPO 8/16/2010
• Changes in the price of broadband, Virulent Word Mouse 8/2/2010
• Federal Register Notice: Cybersecurity and Innovation in the Information Economy, NTIA 7/7/2010
• FCC eyes first step toward broadband regulation, CW 6/17/2010
• More Experts Weigh in on FCC Authority, Nextgenweb 6/17/2010
• When It Comes to Investments, FCC Is Doing All Right, Gigaom 6/17/2010
• US broadband: still expensive, underwhelming, Ars Technica 6/14/2010
• PFF News (6/9/10): PFF Praises Internet Technical Advisory Group - TAG Will Provide Important Dispute Resolution Process..., PFF 6/9/2010
• FCC Hints At Return To Open Access - Companies are of course, annoyed..., dslreports 11/24/2009
• US broadband plan 'not a priority', BBC 8/16/2010
• Failure of the Broadband Plan?, Circleid 7/21/2010
• FCC broadband plan will put US in "second tier of countries", Ars Technica 7/12/2010
• FCC chair: We have a plan for better broadband, CNET 6/4/2010
• 4 Out Of 5 In U.S. Don't Know Their Broadband Speeds - ...And 91% are satisfied by the speeds they don't know they have...., dslreports 6/1/2010
• Widely Publicized FCC Study Demonstrates User Ignorance, Internet Statistics 6/1/2010
• FCC Leaders (and Alum) Continue to Boost Broadband Plan, Nextgenweb 5/21/2010
• FCC computes subsidies needed to bring broadband to rural, Digital Society 5/12/2010
• Critics attack US broadband plans, BBC 5/5/2010
• People Start To Realize The Broadband Plan Has a Broadband Tax - Though it remains unclear how much it will be..., dslreports 4/30/2010
• Spectrum Issues in NBP, Spectrum Talks 4/30/2010
• Providing Eligible Entities Access To Aggregate Form 477 Data/Implementation Of The Broadband Data Improvement Act Of 2008/A National Broadband Plan For Our Future., FCC 4/28/2010
• FCC Plows Ahead With Broadband Plan Despite Comcast Ruling, Gigaom 4/23/2010
• NBP Lift-Off!, CommLawBlog 4/23/2010
• FCC Chair: Broadband Plan Won't Be Derailed, Ecommerce Times 4/16/2010
• etc: FCC broadband plan advisor Blair Levin is leaving for the private sector, starting at the Aspen Institute on May 7., Ars Technica 4/16/2010
• Senator vows Congressional support for FCC on broadband, Wash Post 4/16/2010
• Senator pledges support for Net neutrality, broadband plan, CW 4/16/2010
• The National Broadband Plan and Small Business, Google 4/14/2010
• Legal limbo for US broadband plan, BBC 4/7/2010
• Working Together on Broadband Speed Disclosure for Consumers, FCC 4/7/2010
• FCC Broadband Plan: A Mile Wide and Three Inches Deep, Save the Internet 4/1/2010
• FCC begins rollout of national broadband policies, Wash Post 4/1/2010
• FCC Grilled on Spectrum, Net Neutrality Plans, Internet News 3/26/2010
• Free Press and New America Foundation Demand Immediate FCC Action on Broadband, Free Press 3/26/2010
• The FCC's narrow view of broadband, Wash Post 3/24/2010
• The FCC's Best-Laid Plans, MAP 3/24/2010
• FCC's plan for broadband Internet access falls short, Wash Post 3/19/2010
• The FCC's National Broadband Jigsaw Puzzle, PFF 3/19/2010
• NBP - Spectrum Issues, Spectrum Talks 3/19/2010
• American Library Association outlines positions on National Broadband Plan, ALA 3/19/2010
• Community groups applaud broadband plan, but stress that there's a ways to go for closing the digital divide, Reclaim the Media 3/19/2010
• FCC to Release Ambitious, Pragmatic National Broadband Plan, WIRED 3/15/2010
• FCC plan would greatly expand broadband Internet connections, Wash Post 3/15/2010
• FCC Releases Copy Of The National Broadband Plan - 376 pages of ideas, though plan seems light on data..., dslreports 3/15/2010
• A broadband catapult for America, Google 3/15/2010
• CTIA Statement on FCC's Release of the National Broadband Plan, CTIA 3/15/2010
• The FCC Talks National Broadband Plan, Nextgenweb 3/15/2010
• USTelecom Statement on National Broadband Plan Executive Summary, USTelecom 3/15/2010
• FCC Releases Executive Summary Preview of National Broadband Plan, WISPA 3/15/2010
• Chairman Rockefeller Statement on National Broadband Plan, Senate Commerce 3/15/2010
• 9/11 Commissioners: Broadband Plan Can Help Keep Nation's Promise to First Responders, FCC 3/15/2010
• FCC's Broadband Plan: The Role Of Competition, Gigaom 3/15/2010
• What's Wrong With the FCC's Consumer Broadband Test?, Circleid 3/15/2010
• Will the FCC's National Broadband Plan Really Be Costless?, PFF 3/15/2010
• Day 1 of the National Broadband Plan, Benton 3/15/2010
• Bright light on high-speed Internet access, Crawford 3/15/2010
• It's Time to Save the Broadband "Cop on the Beat", PK 3/15/2010
• FCC's positive new plan for digital literacy & Net safety, Net Family News 3/15/2010
• FCC's national broadband plan: What's next?, CW 3/15/2010
• Broadband plan sent to Congress, BBc 3/15/2010
• FCC's broadband plan wins general praise, CW 3/15/2010
• FCC plan calls for 'minimal' public safety fee for all broadband users, CW 3/15/2010
• The FCC avoids the easy solution to broadband problem, Wash Post 3/15/2010
• Press Release: NATOA Applauds FCC's National Broadband Plan, NATOA 3/15/2010
• The National Broadband Plan, FCC 3/15/2010
• Growth, Prosperity, Broadband, FCC 3/15/2010
• FCC Chair Genachowksi on Broadband, Geist 3/15/2010
• Want To Know How Meaningless The FCC's Broadband Plan Is? No One Is Upset By It, Techdirt 3/15/2010
• CTIA Statement on Accessibility Initiatives Announced by FCC, CTIA 3/12/2010
• 27 Companies & Assoc Say "Thank you" to FCC on NBP, CTIA 3/12/2010
• Broadband Infrastructure Policy for the 21st Century, FCC 3/12/2010
• FCC launches broadband test site for consumers, CW 3/12/2010
• Critical Role of Broadband in Education Addressed by FCC, DoED, Nextgenweb 3/12/2010
• Transparency in Broadband Performance - iPhone Apps, Broadband Tests, and other cool new tools..., FCC 3/12/2010
• FCC Launches Consumer Broadband Test, Mlab 3/12/2010
• FCC to propose national digital literacy corps, CW 3/12/2010
• Digital Inclusion Summit Tomorrow, FCC 3/9/2010
• Keeping Up With the Joneses, FCC 3/9/2010
• Broadband: What's Your Need for Speed?, FCC 3/9/2010
• Genachowski's Secret $15 bn Piggy Bank, or T-mobile Triumphs Over M2Z., Tales from the Sausage Factory 3/9/2010
• How much hate will the National Broadband Plan get?, Ars Technica 3/9/2010
• Broadband And Civic Engagement: Fcc Discusses Broadband Plan At Mit Summit, FCC 3/2/2010
• FCC To Release Study Focusing On Role Of Community-Based Organizations In Lowering Barriers To Broadband , FCC 3/2/2010
• FCC's broadband plan critiqued as overly broad, unfeasible, CW 3/2/2010
• FCC to Call for Government Data Overhaul, Internet News 3/2/2010
• FCC Afraid To Tackle Open Access - Broadband plan architect believes there's 'no appetite' for it. Wait, what?, dslreports 3/2/2010
• Genachowski Outlines Spectrum Overhaul, Internet News 2/25/2010
• FCC aims to free up 500MHz of spectrum for broadband, CW 2/25/2010
• How the National Broadband Plan Will Encourage Investment, FCC 2/25/2010
• Surprise! Cost, Digital Literacy at Heart of Broadband Gap, Gigaom 2/25/2010
• FCC: Broadband Adoption and Use in America, Pew 2/25/2010
• CTIA Statement On Chairman Genachowski's Wireless Broadband Announcements, CTIA 2/25/2010
• Public Interest Groups to Hold Press Event to Call for Bold, Practical National Broadband Plan, MAP 2/16/2010
• WISPA Files Final National Broadband Comments, WISPA 1/28/2010
• WISPA Files Comments on National Broadband Plan "Challenges to Broadband Deployment Financing", WISPA 1/15/2010
• Replies Requested: Last Call, FCC 1/15/2010
• Reply Comments Sought In Support Of National Broadband Plan Due Jan 27, FCC 1/15/2010
• Comments Sought On Privacy Issues Raised By The Center For Democracy And Technology, FCC 1/15/2010
• CTIA Statement On FCC's Request for Additional Time to Submit National Broadband Plan, CTIA 1/8/2010
• National Broadband Plan - Worth the Wait, Comcast 1/8/2010
• The Star Trek Guide to the National Broadband Plan, PK 1/8/2010
• Public Knowledge Statement on Delay of Broadband Plan, PK 1/8/2010
• FCC's underwhelming-looking broadband plan also tardy, Ars Technica 1/8/2010
• National Broadband Plan Deadline Moved Back Four Weeks, CommLawBlog 1/8/2010
• FCC Commissioners Haven't Seen Broadband Plan - And Commissioner vote not required when plan is finished..., dslreports 1/6/2010
• FCC Filing: NTIA Sends Letter to the FCC on the National Broadband Plan, NTIA 1/5/2010
• The Media Bureau v. The National Broadband Plan, PK 12/22/2009
• Updating the Berkman Center's broadband study for the FCC, Berkman Center 12/22/2009
• NTIA Comments on National Broadband Plan (PDF 709KB), NTIA 12/18/2009
• Free Press: Solutions to the 'Competition Crisis' Missing from the National Broadband Plan, Free Press 12/17/2009
• Public Knowledge Disappointed with FCC Broadband Plan, PK 12/17/2009
• FCC Takes on Cable But Not Carriers With National Broadband Plan, Gigaom 12/17/2009
• FCC digs into broadband controversies, CNET 12/17/2009
• Support the FCC Broadband Plan Policy Framework - I was Wrong to Abandon Hope, Cook 12/17/2009
• ALA urges FCC to consider role of libraries in economic development, ALA 12/8/2009
• FCC Launches Major Rewrite Of Phone Rules, CommLawBlog 12/8/2009
• Future Broadband Deployment: Columbia Institute for Teleinformation Report, FCC 12/4/2009
• FCC Ponders Moving From PSTN To IP Voice - Wants input on how to make it happen..., dslreports 12/4/2009
• An Open Letter To Blair Levin On The Subject of National Broadband Public Notices, Tales from the Sausage Factory 12/4/2009
• NATOA Files Comments to the FCC on "Cost Estimates for Connecting Anchor Institutions to Fiber", NATOA 12/1/2009
• FCC Identifies Broadband Gaps, bandwidth reports 12/1/2009
• The broadband gap: Is FCC grabbing for the wrong tool?, CW 11/24/2009
• I've joined the FCC National Broadband Plan team, ISEN 11/13/2009
• New Staff Bring Deep Experience to National Broadband Plan, FCC 11/13/2009
• WISPs Weigh in on Middle Mile Broadband Questions, WISPA 11/10/2009
• A National Broadband Clearinghouse, FCC 11/4/2009
• Cyber Security, FCC 11/4/2009
• Comments Sought On Broadband Study Conducted By The Berkman Center For Internet And Society, FCC 10/20/2009
• Berkman Center Releases Broadband Study for FCC, Says Open Access Key to Competition, Performance, CircleID 10/20/2009
• A National Broadband Clearinghouse, FCC 10/15/2009
• FCC Dives Deep on Broadband Economics, Nextgenweb 10/13/2009
• The Second and Middle Mile Challenge, FCC 10/13/2009
• Public Missing from FCC Broadband Workshops, Free Press 10/13/2009
• Pro-telecom group misses out on first broadband stimulus $$$, Ars Technica 10/13/2009
• FCC to investigate "gating" role of middle-mile access lines, Ars Technica 10/13/2009
• FCC: We're Halfway Done With National Broadband Plan - It could cost between $20 and $350 billion to get job done, dslreports 10/1/2009
• FCC Panel: Cybersecurity Needs Incentives, Internet News 10/1/2009
• Cyber Security Workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 30., FCC 9/29/2009
• Numbers, FCC 9/29/2009
• Is broadband a general purpose technology?, FCC 9/29/2009
• Mid-Term Review, FCC 9/29/2009
• Eugene Huang: 9/29 FCC Open Commission Meeting, FCC 9/29/2009
• Broadband Now: National Broadband Plan, USTelecom 9/24/2009
• Connected Nation Provides FCC with Teleworking Research, Connected Nation 9/24/2009
• Field Hearing in Austin, TX, FCC 9/22/2009
• Big Content to FCC: don't kill our ISP filtering dream!, Ars Technica 9/22/2009
• In the Know with Gigi Sohn: The Role of Content in the Broadband Ecosystem, PK 9/22/2009
• Who's Running the Show--the FCC or Hollywood Execs?, PK 9/22/2009
• Let's All Get Connected - A Message for the FCC on Health Care, Nextgenweb 9/17/2009
• Benchmarks and the Broadband Ecology., Tales from the Sausage Factory 9/17/2009
• Broadband speeds in the United States are shockingly low, Muni 9/17/2009
• AT&T to FCC: gaming is not "broadband," but an added service, Ars Technica 9/15/2009
• Is There a Relationship Between Online Safety Concerns and Broadband Uptake?, Tech Lib Front 9/10/2009
• Input Sought on Sept. 30 Cyber Security Workshop, FCC 9/10/2009
• Big-League ISPs Press FCC to Lower Bar on 'Broadband', Ecommerce Times 9/8/2009
• Broadband Helps Provide 3.1 Million Jobs, USTelecom 9/8/2009
• Study Reveals Student Gains From Online Learning, USTelecom 9/8/2009
• FCC Workshop Explores Broadband Benchmarks, Nextgenweb 9/8/2009
• 5 Minutes with Harold Feld: "Benchmarks and Broadband Ecology", PK 9/8/2009
• Big Broadband Ideas, Benton 9/8/2009
• The Apps and Devices Workshop, FCC 9/8/2009
• Virtually There? The Telework Public Notice, FCC 9/8/2009
• Broadband's contribution to economic growth, who is a contrarian?, Virulent Word Mouse 9/1/2009
• FCC Hires Industry Shill to Develop US National Broadband Plan, Open Left 9/1/2009
• FCC broadband workshop on applications and devices: 27 Aug 2009, Muni 8/27/2009
• Be Safe with Broadband, Nextgenweb 8/27/2009
• Broadband Adoption: If We Build It, Will They Come?, FCC 8/27/2009
• Broadband Adoption Barriers, FCC 8/27/2009
• Broadband Opportunities for People With Disabilities, FCC 8/25/2009
• Broadband Opportunities for Disadvantaged Businesses, FCC 8/25/2009
• FCC Launches New Broadband Plan Blog - Blair Levin leads 'assault of sustained thinking...', dslreports 8/20/2009
• @USA: We're Writing the National Broadband Plan!, Wired 8/20/2009
• FCC Probes Demand Side of Broadband Debate, Internet News 8/20/2009
• Broadband plan needs to address demand, advocates say, CW 8/20/2009
• FCC Hears From Experts on Broadband Adoption, Nextgenweb 8/20/2009
• Workshop Summary: Technology/Wireless, Blogband 8/20/2009
• How can Broadband Services Benefit Consumers?, Digital Beat 8/20/2009
• From Wires to People, Benton 8/20/2009
• Building the Fact Base: Broadband Adoption and Use, Benton 8/20/2009
• Broadband Workshops Viewable At Broadband.gov - All discussions are being recorded and archived..., dslreports 8/18/2009
• 5 Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble - Meet the new heavily-lobbied boss. Same as the old heavily-lobbied boss?, dslreports 8/18/2009
• FCC Apparently Not Very Concerned About Consumer Views On Broadband, Techdirt 8/18/2009
• Are the FCC Workshops Fair?, CircleID 8/18/2009
• Public Knowledge Statement on FCC Broadband Workshops, PK 8/18/2009
• Broadband, Open Government, and Brainstorms, OSTP 8/11/2009
• FCC Kicks Off Broadband Roadshow, Internet News 8/7/2009
• ALA: FCC should consider role, benefits of libraries in National Broadband Plan, ALA 8/7/2009
• Genachowski Remarks at National Broadband Plan Workshop, WISPA 8/7/2009
• Broadband's Impact on Citizen Engagement, Pew Internet 8/7/2009
• FCC Hosts 18 Summer Blockbuster Broadband Hearings, Wired 8/7/2009
• Levin: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful - Broadband plan leader complains of sloppy, vague suggestions..., dslreports 7/27/2009
• "Net neutrality" gets white hot as FCC drafts broadband plan, Ars Technica 7/27/2009
• FCC Insider Levin Calls for Citizen Participation, Internet News 7/7/2009
• U.S. Government Launches New Broadband Website - 226 Days until we actually have a broadband plan..., dslreports 7/7/2009
• National Broadband map is just the beginning, blogger says, Connected Nation 7/2/2009
• Internet, Not Broadband, for National Policy, Peer Flow 6/25/2009
• The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions - Everybody, at once, chimes in on new broadband plan..., dslreports 6/11/2009
• WCAI Urges FCC to Make Mobility Cornerstone of America's Broadband Plan, WCAI 6/9/2009
• WISPA Files Response to FCC NOI on National Broadband Strategy, WISPA 6/9/2009
• NATOA, 17 Other Supporters, File Comprehensive National Broadband Comments with FCC, NATOA 6/9/2009
• Media Access Project Asks FCC To Prioritize First Amendment Values in Developing National Broadband Plan, MAP 6/9/2009
• "It's The Internet Stupid" .I Respectfully Disagree, CircleID 6/9/2009
• Tucows CEO tells why It's the Internet Stupid, ISEN 6/9/2009
• Public Interests Groups Tell FCC Broadband Should Be Treated As 'Essential Utility'-New Regulatory Structure, Spectrum Caps, Ope, PK 6/9/2009