Public Meeting on the Broadband Stimulus Initiatives
AGENDA
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.)
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 Web site 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@ntia.doc.gov; Christi Shewman (FCC) at Christi.Shewman@fcc.gov; or Mary Campanola (USDA) at mary.campanola@usda.gov.
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