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While most of us have access to broadband, more than 28 million Americans today live in areas where Internet access is not available. Communities of color bear the brunt of this digital exclusion even as broadband Internet technologies become more crucial to our nation’s social and economic development. With access to broadband affecting more and more aspects of our lives, digital exclusion creates additional barriers to opportunity and sustainable livelihoods for people already constrained by their race, gender and geography.
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Transportation 101: An Introduction to Federal Transportation Policy
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA
The next transportation bill must address the many challenges our nation is facing: crippling commutes, rising costs, wasteful spending, lack of options and economic development in our urban, suburban and rural communities. As Congress prepares to debate the next bill, Transportation for America offers this guidebook as a reference to existing policies and programs, their historical background and the issues that numerous stakeholders believe must be addressed this time around.
Broadband Visualized: States Map High-Speed Internet Data
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Broadband.gov’s map shows broadband availability around the country, and many states are displaying their own broadband data on interactive maps.
View this complete post...NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN: CONNECTING AMERICA
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
An interactive map of broadband stats including use and availability across the country is offered by the National Broadband Plan of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
View this complete post...Scenarios for a National Broadband Policy
Thursday, February 25th, 2010THE ASPEN INSTITUTE
Already, a burgeoning array of software applications, computing functions and mobile devices are exploiting the high-speed, high-volume “pipes.” Diverse sectors of the economy and society are likely to become highly dependent on broadband services…Congress has appropriated more than $7 billion in the federal economic stimulus program for broadband development, leading many people to wonder how exactly this money will be spent.
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