[1st-mile-nm] Obama Broadband Executive Order

[Brian Tagaban]

The FCC Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) will be following up on
this Executive Order.  In our update from the FCC Staff on the Executive
Order yesterday, there was specific discussion on tribal issues.  I will be
contributing comments to the subcommittee assigned to develop
recommendations from the IAC to the FCC.  I welcome participation from all
interested parties, and will be directing questions to specific
organizations  to formulate the tribal perspective on utilizing the
Executive Order. 

 

Brian Tagaban, Executive Director

Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission

PO box 7440

Window Rock, AZ 86515

(928)871-7854

BTagaban at nntrc.org

 

From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org
[mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Badal
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:16 AM
To: Owen Densmore; rl at 1st-mile.com; Complexity Coffee Group
Cc: 1st mile nm
Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Obama Broadband Executive Order

 

Owen,

 

I don't believe this is an election year stunt and do think it may have some
good consequences for NM.  I've been involved in many meetings &
presentations with the FCC, BIA, and USDA over the last 4-5 years regarding
the federal government's arcane rights of way and land use permitting
requirements.  (I even went as far as to say that the feds could have kept
its $7.2 Billion in broadband stimulus money if it only freely opened up
federally funded highways to private fiber placement.)  More aware than ever
before of the land use permitting impediments to development especially in
rural and tribal areas, the White House late last year released a proposal
to accelerate land use permitting on federally managed lands for alternative
energy projects.  My immediate response was:  WTF!!!  What about
telecommunications facilities needed for the data management of those energy
projects!  What about telecommunications facilities for basic voice service
and broadband to tribal areas!  In sum, I believe this latest Executive
Order has been long in coming.  

 

I may eat my words.  God knows, I've had to eat a lot worse dealing with
officials in Santa Fe.

 

John

 

From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org
[mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 9:49 AM
To: rl at 1st-mile.com; Complexity Coffee Group
Cc: 1st mile nm
Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Obama Broadband Executive Order

 

We just got back from a week traveling (Disney!) and saw this.

 

Richard: the big question is how does this effect NM & Santa Fe?  Is it just
an election year stunt?

 

   -- Owen

 

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.com> wrote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/13/we-can-t-wait-presiden
t-obama-signs-executive-order-make-broadband-const

We Can't Wait: President Obama Signs Executive Order to Make Broadband
Construction Faster and Cheaper

White House Also Announces 100-Partner "US Ignite" Broadband Initiative

Tomorrow, the President will sign an Executive Order to make broadband
construction along Federal roadways and properties up to 90 percent
cheaper and more efficient. Currently, the procedures for approving
broadband infrastructure projects on properties controlled or managed by
the Federal Government-including large tracts of land, roadways, and
more than 10,000 buildings across the Nation-vary depending on which
agency manages the property. The new Executive Order will ensure that
agencies charged with managing Federal properties and roads take
specific steps to adopt a uniform approach for allowing broadband
carriers to build networks on and through those assets and speed the
delivery of connectivity to communities, businesses, and schools.

"Building a nationwide broadband network will strengthen our economy
and put more Americans back to work," said President Obama. "By
connecting every corner of our country to the digital age, we can help
our businesses become more competitive, our students become more
informed and our citizens become more engaged."

The White House is also announcing that nearly 100 partners-including
more than 25 cities as well as corporate and non-profit entities-will
join with more than 60 national research universities to form a new
public-private partnership called "US Ignite." The US Ignite Partnership
will create a new wave of services that take advantage of
state-of-the-art, programmable broadband networks running up to 100
times faster than today's Internet. By bringing software developers and
engineers from government and industry together with representatives
from communities, schools, hospitals, and other institutions that will
benefit from faster and more agile broadband options, the partnership
aims to speed up and increase the development of applications for
advanced manufacturing, medical monitoring, emergency preparedness, and
a host of other services. These applications will improve services to
Americans and drive job creation, promote innovation, and create new
markets for American businesses.

Executive Order

The Executive Order (EO) will require the Departments of Agriculture,
Commerce, Defense, Interior, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs as
well as the US Postal Service to offer carriers a single approach to
leasing Federal assets for broadband deployment. The EO also requires
that available Federal assets and the requirements for leasing be
provided on departmental websites, and it will require public tracking
of regional broadband deployment projects via the Federal Infrastructure
Projects Dashboard (permits.performance.gov ). In addition, the
Executive Order will direct departments to help carriers time their
broadband deployment activities to periods when streets are already
under construction-an approach that can reduce network deployment costs
along Federal roadways by up to 90 percent.

US Ignite

Today, more and more of the Nation's broadband infrastructure is
capable of moving huge amounts of information quickly and in novel,
programmable ways, but software developers have been unable to create
applications that take full advantage of this new capacity-in part
because potential user communities such as factories and hospitals have
lacked the means to coordinate their needs with developers capabilities.
The new US Ignite Partnership (www.us-ignite.org) will create a national
network of communities and campuses with ultra-fast, programmable
broadband services, operating at speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.
This network will become a test-bed for designing and deploying
next-generation applications to support national priorities areas such
as education, healthcare, energy, and advanced manufacturing. US Ignite
will challenge students, startups, and industry leaders to create a new
generation of applications and services that meet the needs of local
communities while creating a broad range of job and investment
opportunities.  This initiative will open up countless new opportunities
for households and small businesses, helping them experience the
economic and community benefits of next-gen applications while
demonstrating a path for other communities to join.

Among the commitments being announced today by participants in the new
partnership:

- Industry partners offer support to partnership: Global industry
leaders including Cisco, Juniper, NEC, and Hewlett-Packard are offering
programmatic and in-kind support to communities while carriers, like
Verizon and Comcast, are announcing new pilot cities on their network
that will participate in US Ignite.
New tools for communities: Non-profits, like the Mott Foundation, are
working with the partnership to deliver new community programs, such as
hack days and startup weekends, to accelerate the transition these
applications into the marketplace.

- National coalition of universities: The National Science Foundation
(NSF) is committing $20 million to prototype and deploy new technologies
to advance the development of ultra-high-speed, programmable broadband
networks. That is in addition to the ~$40 million that NSF has invested
over four years in the Global Environment for Networking Innovations
(GENI) project, which currently connects more than a dozen universities
with next-generation broadband connections. Built with the technological
contributions of more than 300 NSF-funded researchers at more than 60
universities, GENI is already serving as a virtual laboratory and
testbed for next-generation applications in healthcare, energy
efficiency, education, and other national priority areas.

- Next-gen apps challenge to spur innovation: NSF and Mozilla
Foundation, with support from the Department of Energy, are announcing a
$500,000 design competition to develop applications for high-speed
communities around the country.
Building on current broadband investments: Departments of Commerce and
Agriculture are announcing their support for US Ignite with over six
carriers that received funding for expanding their broadband networks
while creating new community-based services.

- Supporting military families and communities with new applications:
Department of Defense is connecting military families on base with new
US Ignite services, while creating new research opportunities to
students at West Point. HHS's Beacon Community Program, starting with
the Mayo Clinic, and the Federal Communications Commission's Rural
Healthcare Pilot Program are partnering with US Ignite to provide new
healthcare applications, such as remote surgical theatre and patient
monitoring.

- Additional details on these public and private commitments, and on
the participants in today's activities, are detailed in a Fact Sheet
HERE:
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/broadband_fact_sheet_
06_13_2012.pdf

Building on Success

These announcements build on past successes and the President's
commitment to deploying high-speed broadband networks as a nationwide
foundation for sustained economic growth and prosperity.  Broadband
deployment programs already underway include:

- NTIA's Recovery Act projects are increasing broadband access in
communities across the country, with more than 56,000 miles of networks
providing broadband access to more than 8,000 schools, libraries,
hospitals, and public safety entities.

- USDA's Rural Utilities Service is currently on target to complete
over $3 billion in Recovery Act investments ensuring that rural
communities and anchor institutions are connected to high-speed
broadband networks.
By taking full advantage of the latest broadband technologies as they
evolve, the United States can continue in its role as a global leader
while strengthening its economy, building new industries and creating
jobs.


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