News tagged with National Broadband Map

NTIA: State Broadband Initiatives Need To Demonstrate Value of Mapping, Planning Efforts

Roxana Ryan, May 2, 2013

Demonstrating the importance of broadband planning and mapping at the statewide and local levels is the key priority for the the remaining 18 months of the state broadband initiative program, said Larry Strickling, Assistant Secretary of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA).

NTIA's State Broadband Initiative and the Illinois Broadband Map

On Broadband, May 4, 2011

By Drew Clark

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 4, 2011 - Later today, at 2 p.m. CT, the Partnership for a Connected Illinois will kick off our "Wednesday Webinar" series, beginning with a discussion about the Illinois Broadband Map. Registration for this event is free.

PCI feels so passionately about the Illinois Broadband Map because data and information should be central to helping promote sound policies, and because evidence suggests that broadband is a key driver of job creation and economic activity.

Illinois and the National Broadband Map... Make That a Mashup!

On Broadband, Feb 21, 2011

By Drew Clark

SPRINGFIELD, February 21, 2011 - President Abraham Lincoln began his political career here with a passionate interest in infrastructure improvements.

America knows President Lincoln today because his belief in equal opportunity. What connects that which we know about Lincoln and that which brought him into public life?