House Hearing on Broadband Stimulus Rollout
The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, has set the date for its oversight hearing on the broadband rollout portion of the economic stimulus package.
The government has set aside $7.2 billion in grant/loan and loan guarantee money. Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher has said his committee wanted to make sure that conditions Congress put on the grant money, including open access and interconnection, do not discourage private investment, which is key to the program.
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