Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
Past Event
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
Full Event - Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included $7.2 billion to expand access to high-speed Internet services to close the digital divide, drive economic growth, and build the technology infrastructure and skills that America needs to compete in the 21st century. Roughly $4 billion of that total supports the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, or BTOP. The program, which is administered by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is investing in roughly 230 projects to increase broadband access and adoption around the country.
On January 16, Governance Studies at Brookings provided an update on the BTOP program three years after Vice President Joe Biden announced the first round of BTOP awards at a factory in Dawsonville, GA. The event featured keynote remarks by NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling, followed by a panel of officials from BTOP projects that provided firsthand accounts from around the country.
Agenda
Panelists
Bruce Abraham
Member, Board of Directors - North Georgia Network
Susan Corbett
Chief Executive Officer - Axiom Technologies
Curtis Lowery
Medical Director - ANGELS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Mark Malaspina
President - CFY
Introduction and Moderator
Keynote Speaker
Lawrence E. Strickling
Administrator, NTIA - Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce
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