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Key Legislation Addressing America's Competitiveness and Innovation

[Source: The Benton Foundation]
In the midst of a troubling economic crisis, the 111th Congress will consider a number of bills that attempt to reshape the nation's economy for the digital age. Central to these efforts is the ...

Hacking the Policy Space

[Source: CultureWork, by Helen De Michiel]
I am sitting with a group of public media and community arts leaders at a recent lunch meeting hosted by Charles Benton, CEO of The Benton Foundation. We are here for the annual media reform ...

Broadband Availability to Expand

[Source: The New York Times, by Edward Wyatt, June 28, 2010]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is seeking to nearly double the wireless communications spectrum available for commercial use over the next 10 years, an effort that could greatly enhance the ...

Highlights from 2010 Media Grantmaking — The State and Future of the Field

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The 2010 Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldPresented by: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media and the Media Democracy FundHosted by: The Open Society ...

The National Broadband Plan: Unanswered Questions and Next Steps

New America Foundation and Free Press Release Joint Analysis of The National Broadband Plan:New Issue Brief Highlights Plan's Unanswered Questions and Details Next Steps

Broadband Plan Sketches Competition Policy

[Source: Public Knowledge, by Art Brodsky, March 16, 2010]The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shipped off to Congress a 376-page National Broadband Plan earlier today, and yet some of the ...

FCC Adopts Joint Statement on Broadband

[Source: Benton Foundation; March 16, 2010]After unveiling the National Broadband Plan, Federal Communications Commission members approved - by a 5-0 vote - a Joint Statement on Broadband which ...

Case Closed: Why Most of USA Lacks 100Mbps Internet Connections

[Source: ArsTechnica.com, by Matthew Lasar, February 23, 2010]
Excitement about the approach of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, due March 17, is inspiring ever more dramatic calls for greater high-speed Internet connectivity ...

"Next Generation Connectivity" and Broadband Policy Lessons for 2010

[Source: MuniWireless.com, by Bart Preecs; January 5, 2010]

Social Media, Health Care and Strategic Learning for 2010

[Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project, by Susannah Fox; January 6, 2010]