White House Honors Broadband Stimulus Project Innovators
Eleven individuals were honored as “Champions of Change” during a White House panel discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 15, for their efforts to implement innovative government projects using stimulus grant funding as a way to improve different infrastructures. White House administration officials and the selected champions discussed transportation and broadband projects funded by stimulus grants currently under way nationwide. Joe Freddoso, president and CEO of MCNC, and Donald Welch, president and CEO of Merit Network Inc., were two of the 11 individuals recognized for their efforts to carry out broadband infrastructure projects intended to better serve their respective communities.
White House Honors Broadband Stimulus Project Innovators