Governor Quinn Announces Completion of Cutting Edge Broadband Network- Aug 1, 2014
- Gov. Quinn announced completion of a nearly $100 million, four-year project to install more than 1,000 new miles of high-speed fiber-optic broadband infrastructure across 55 Illinois counties.
- Broadband Manufacturing Comes To Chicago’s South Suburbs
- Jun 23, 2014
- Triton Manufacturing and Connectivity Resources Incorporated have entered into an agreement to manufacture, assemble, market and sell passive connectivity products used in broadband networks.
Illinois beats U.S., lags neighbors in tech job gains- John Pletz, May 14, 2014
- Illinois outpaced the nation in tech-job growth last year, but several of our neighboring states grew faster.
PCI Seeking Candidates for New Executive Director- Nathan Woodside, Aug 8, 2013
- Partnership for a Connected Illinois (PCI), the state’s broadband initiative, is searching for a new executive director to lead the nonprofit high-speed internet advocacy group into the future.
Governor Quinn Proclaims “Innovation Day” in Illinois- Apr 12, 2013
- Governor Pat Quinn proclaimed today “Innovation Day” in Illinois while hosting an annual innovation forum at the Executive Mansion. Today’s action is part of Governor Quinn’s agenda to foster innovation and drive Illinois’ economy forward. Innovation Day brings together the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC), the Illinois Innovation Council and members of the General Assembly to discuss the state’s progress in today’s growing innovation marketplace.
Libraries as building blocks for learning and careers in local areas across illinois – and the nation- Layton Olson, Oct 31, 2011
Education is FCC National Broadband Plan National Need #3. Libraries are local community anchor institutions focused directly on learning, working alongside schools, museums, cultural and social service centers, business centers, and congregations. Below are Local (A), State (B), and National (C)) resources on how to best use and demonstrate through graphics, photographs and stories the daily benefits to youth, adults, seniors, businesses, and public agencies of exploiting every community library’s human and technology resources.
Quinn, Preckwinkle announce $16 million broadband infrastructure investment in south Chicago suburbs- Oct 31, 2011
- Gov. Quinn and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced on Friday a state and county committment to invest $16 million in south Chicago suburbs high-speed Internet connections.
- FCC says broadband could create 2.4 million jobs
- Sep 27, 2011
- Increasing broadband penetration by seven percent could create an additional 2.4 million new jobs, the FCC says.
- FCC Announces Public Testing of First Television White Spaces Database
- Sep 14, 2011
- Freeing valuable spectrum will open the doors for new industries to develop, create American jobs, and lead to new technologies and services.
Public-Safety Broadband Network Could Generate Thousands of New Jobs- National Journal, Sep 13, 2011
- President Obama’s jobs bill could move legislation aimed at freeing up more spectrum for wireless broadband technologies and building a national broadband network for public safety.
Obama's jobs bill includes something for wireless- CNET NEWS, Jul 28, 2011
- President Obama included authorization for incentive wireless spectrum auctions and spectrum reallocation for public safety as part of his American Jobs Act.
- Construction firm hired for broadband project
- Jul 11, 2011
Freeport, Ill. - PirTano Construction Company, based in Addison, has been hired as the first contractor for the $69 million project to establish a new broadband network in this region.
- Library technology grants aimed at jobs
- Jul 5, 2011
- Freeport is among 41 libraries and community college learning resource centers that will share in a nearly $1 million grant awarded to the Illinois State Library to enhance broadband computer access to citizens across Illinois.
- Illinois Leads the Nation in USDA Broadband Investment — Investments To Spur Job Creation and Economic Opportunity in Rural America
- Apr 20, 2011
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced support for telecommunications projects in seven states to improve broadband service to rural residents and businesses. Projects selected include an $8.7 million award to the Alhambra-Grantfork Telephone Company, in Alhambra, Ill., and a $3.4 million loan to Woodhull Telephone Company, in Woodhull, Ill.
- Thoughts On Broadband, the Internet, Business Incubation and Jobs
- Don Samuelson and John Lewis, Apr 12, 2011
Part of President Obama’s campaign platform was a “stimulus program” designed to create jobs as quickly as possible through the funding of “shovel ready” projects. There were WPA-like objectives in the rhetoric, which would put Americans to work repairing roads, bridges, airports and infrastructure. Unemployment was at record highs bolstering the demand for jobs and often expressed through the campaign rhetoric of “Jobs, Jobs and Jobs.” Another public policy objective also garnered a great deal of attention: an assumption that broadband availability in rural areas was important to the regions future economic development. In fact, the correlation between broadband availability and economic development is very similar to the 1936 Rural Electrification Act (REA) which underscored the importance of, and secured funding for, an infrastructure supporting electricity. Much of the campaign rhetoric about the need for public support of broadband deployment was similar to the arguments used for the REA.
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