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On Thursday (March 4), Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills outlined working recommendations in the National Broadband Plan that will promote job creation and economic opportunity by providing small businesses with more choices, training, and support for broadband.

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Date: Mar 4 2010 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development, 441 4th Street, NW Old Chamber’s Conference Room, Washington, DC, 20001, United States

FCC's National Broadband Plan and Broadband Opportunities for Small Businesses

Chairman Julius Genachowski, FCC
Administrator Karen Mills, SBA
Todd C. Sharp, President, Engage, Inc.
Warren Brown, CEO, CakeLove
Thursday, March 4, 2010
10:00 -- 11:00 a.m.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296615A1.doc

On Thursday, March 4, 2010, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills will highlight ways that the FCC's National Broadband Plan will promote broadband opportunities for small businesses.

Recognizing the importance of broadband for ensuring America's economic development and leadership, Congress and the President tasked the FCC with developing a National Broadband Plan to connect all Americans to affordable, world-class, high-speed Internet. The FCC's National Broadband Plan, which the agency will deliver to Congress on March 17, 2010, will create jobs and spur economic growth; unleash new waves of innovation and investment; and improve education, health care, energy efficiency, public safety, and the vibrancy of our democracy.

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