[1st-mile-nm] Public Meeting on "Stimulus" Broadband Initiatives

[Richard Lowenberg]

On Tuesday morning, March 10th, the FCC, NTIA and USDA will hold a:

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.)


AGENDA
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 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 bbrown at ntia.doc.gov;
Christi Shewman (FCC) at Christi.Shewman at fcc.gov; or
Mary Campanola (USDA) at mary.campanola at usda.gov.


-- 
Richard Lowenberg
1st-Mile Institute
P.O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110;   505-603-5200 cell
rl at 1st-mile.com  www.1st-mile.com

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