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WASHINGTON — In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner urged lawmakers to make universal, affordable broadband a priority in any plans to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF).

WASHINGTON — The three federal agencies charged with overseeing $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funds — the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Communications Commission — held their first joint public meeting on the grants funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

WASHINGTON — Today, former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) will join Free Press and the Open Internet Coalition on a national conference call to outline ways to implement model broadband stimulus programs that promote the public interest and guide future technology policy.

WASHINGTON — InternetforEveryone.org — the broad-based initiative to connect every American to fast, open and affordable Internet — has released Five Days on the Digital Dirt Road, a unique, multimedia report on the digital divide in rural America.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced today the nomination of Julius Genachowski as chair of the Federal Communications Commission.

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted to ban the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine, a long-defunct broadcasting regulation that was taken off the books in 1987, by adopting two amendments to the D.C. House Voting Rights Act.

WASHINGTON — Free Press released Putting the Angels in the Details: A Roadmap for Broadband Stimulus Success, a set of specific recommendations for the three federal agencies charged with overseeing $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funds.

WASHINGTON — On March 7, hundreds of North Carolinians from all walks of life will debate the future of the Internet at a town hall meeting sponsored by InternetforEveryone.org — a broad-based initiative to connect every American to a fast, open and affordable Internet.

WASHINGTON — Free Press released The Fairness Doctrine Distraction, a policy brief that explains why Congress should ignore any attempts to revive the legislative debate over the long-defunct broadcasting regulation.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed into law the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, unleashing $7.2 billion to expand broadband access and adoption. The law attaches open Internet conditions to broadband funds and directs the Federal Communications Commission to produce a national broadband plan.