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04/03/12
FCC Calls on Education Tech Leaders to Move Learning Forward Using Digital Tools
From Ted Gotsch, Senior Editor, Telecommunications Reports On Thursday, March 29, 2012, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Education Secretary Arne Duncan kicked off the first meeting of the newly-assembled Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission by charging its members to push forward with assembling a plan to move towards the use to digital textbooks so that the U.S. can create a workforce for the future that can compete globally for the jobs of tomorrow. Speaking to top executives with telecom, technology, and education companies who make up the LEAD Commission, both Chairman Genachowski and Secretary Duncan...
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10/26/11
Connected Nation Supports Alaska in its Concerns over Current USF Reform
The following letter was sent to Senator Begich and the members of the Alaska delegation on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Dear Senator Begich: Tomorrow, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will propose revisions to its universal service fund (USF) and inter-carrier compensation policies in an effort to bring affordable broadband to all Americans. Connected Nation has monitored communications regarding USF reform over the past few months, and is aware of recent communications to the FCC from Alaska Governor Sean Parnell expressing the state’s deep concerns with USF reforms proposed. As President and CEO of Connected...
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