Looking Back at 2011

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As the Benton Foundation closes out our 30th year as an organization dedicated to the ideal of media and telecommunications serving the public interest and enhancing our democracy, here are some thoughts on our major activities during these past twelve months.

Benton believes that everyone in this nation should be able to participate in the digital age. For that reason we have devoted staff resources to Universal Service Fund (USF) reform and modernization, specifically in the Lifeline and Link Up programs. Benton Policy Counsel Amina Fazlullah has worked with our colleagues in the public interest sector to preserve and strengthen these low-income support programs and enable a smooth transition from plain-old-telephone service to broadband. Her leadership has resulted in the engagement of organizations not previously active in this arena but whose constituencies stand to benefit from modernizing these essential programs.


Looking Back at 2011