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By pushing hard on broadband, lawmakers hope to close the "digital divide" that has long separated rural America. In doing so, they hope to give rural consumers access to the same sorts of high-speed services and opportunities - think telemedicine, distance-learning and Web-based commerce - that city dwellers have enjoyed for years.
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it as time approaches to submit proposals for federal stimulus money: Communities that work together on broad-minded proposals will have a big advantage. Organizations that go it alone risk getting lost in the mix.
Collaboration within communities is critical for many reasons, including the credibility it lends to proposals. As they review proposals, government agencies will want to see well-developed strategies that advance large, sustainable goals. This means individual organizations may need to set aside some of their special interests to stay focused on grander-scale local and regional efforts. The question to ask is: How can my organization contribute to a bigger project?
MuniWireless writer Craig Settles went as far as to say that for rural communities, the only option for getting stimulus money is by working together.
In his commentary, “Will Broadband Projects Dodge the Missteps of Municipal Wireless?”, Settles called attention to communities around Heppner, Ore., that are working toward a shared network to improve emergency services. By collaborating, these communities can build a better network for less money while simultaneously planning solutions for similar issues they all face.
If you’re not sure whether you’re heading in the right direction, we at the Knight Center of Digital Excellence will try to help answer your questions.
Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009, broadband, Broadband Expansion, collaboration, community, Craig Settles, digital, economy, Heppner, infrastructure, innovation, Internet, KCoDE, Knight Center of Digital Excellence, MuniWireless, network, Obama, OneCommunity, Oregon, public safety, rural, rural communities, stimulus, stimulus watch
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
By Karen Archer Perry
Our team leaders at the Knight Center of Digital Excellence are noticing something special in meetings with civic leaders in communities around the country: It’s a spark – an energy – that is emerging as people gather in town meetings to discuss the promise of federal stimulus money and how technology and innovation can change the future of community life.
In Aberdeen, S.D., for example, 100 civic leaders turned out recently for a series of meetings to discuss how digital initiatives might advance Aberdeen and surrounding rural areas.
In Detroit, community leaders are considering how new broadband networks can improve public safety, enhance job-training programs and bridge the digital divide.
Leaders in Lexington, Ky., are weaving plans that include fiber backbones, public WiFi and broader urban/rural access. The community is taking advantage of necessary preparations for World Equestrian Games in 2010 to implement strategies that will benefit the greater community for years to come.
High-speed Internet communication allows us to connect to each other and our communities in new and innovative ways. The ability to implement technology for the rural and underserved has been there – what’s been lacking is a will and a sustainable business model.
Stimulus money can help move projects into reality.
Tags: Aberdeen, American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009, broadband, Broadband Expansion, community, Detroit, digital, digital divide, economy, education, infrastructure, innovation, Internet, job training, Karen Archer Perry, KCoDE, Kentucky, Knight Center of Digital Excellence, Lexington, Michigan, network, public safety, rural, rural communities, South Dakota, stimulus, stimulus watch, underserved areas, urban, World Equestrian Games
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
While much of the world knows Detroit as the Motor City it may soon change its moniker to the Broadband City based upon the plan for reinvention developed by many of its community leaders at the March 19 Connected Communities Workshop.
The workshop, sponsored by the Knight Center for Digital Excellence and held at Wayne State University, focused on creating a platform for communication for Greater Detroit, and more specifically, the Woodward North End and Osborn Northeast neighborhoods. In addition to creating a conduit for discussion the breakout sessions facilitated the identification and prioritization of broadband projects crucial to each community as well as Greater Detroit.
While many projects were suggested it became abundantly clear that community technology education (in schools and in continuing education settings), safety, and healthcare were top priorities in leveraging broadband to reinvent Detroit—the most important of which was education.
Denise Glover, Program Manager for Detroit Wayne County 4C and Director of The Family Place expanded on the need for community training as a first step, “How can we expect our citizens to understand the impact broadband can make on their lives when they don’t even know how to turn on a computer and open a web browser.”
Click here to watch video highlights from the Connected Communities Workshop.
Tags: broadband, Connected Communities Workshop, Denise Glover, Detroit, Detroit Wayne County 4C, digital, digital divide, education, healthcare, infrastructure, Internet, KCoDE, Knight Center of Digital Excellence, OneCommunity, Osborn Northeast, public safety, The Family Place, Wayne State University, Woodward North End
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
 Mark Ansboury at the NTIA meeting Tuesday morning.
Today is an important day for the Broadband Initiative in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Both Karen Archer Perry and I started the morning waiting in lines that began forming at 8:00 A.M. for the 10:00 A.M. meeting.
The morning’s agenda included remarks from Anna Gomez, Acting Administrator, NTIA, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, Michael J. Copps, Acting Chairman, FCC, and Mark Siefert, Senior Advisor, NTIA.
Mr. Copps shared his viewpoint that creating a central infrastructure is the greatest challenge of our time. The U.S. has fallen behind in national rankings and Copps says we need to provide value laden, high-speed broadband to all of our citizens – stressing that ALL means EVERYONE. Some of the areas Copps focused on where smart grids, higher education, more efficient agriculture, better housing and public safety.
The group was also informed of the Broadband Initiative statutory requirements and timelines by Dr. Bernadette Mc Guire-Rivera, Associate Administrator, NTIA; David Villano, Assistant Administrator for Telecommunications Programs, USDA Rural Development and Scott M. Deutchman, Acting Senior Legal Advisor to Acting Chairman Copps, FCC.
Dr. McGuire-Rivera began the instruction for the statutory requirements and timelines by sharing the breakdown of the grant opportunities including 350 million for mapping, 200 million on public computer centers, 250 million for programs encouraging sustainable broadband use, 10 million for audits and oversights, and 141 million for administration. She also focused on the fact that projects must be in process by Sept. 30, 2009, and completed within two years. More coming…
Mark T. Ansboury is chief technology officer of the Knight Center of Digital Excellence.
Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009, Anna Gomez, broadband, broadband grants, David Vilano, Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, efficient agriculture, FCC, higher education, housing, Karen Archer Perry, KCoDE, Knight Center of Digital Excellence, Mark Ansboury, Mark Siefert, Michael J. Copps, NTIA, OneCommunity, public safety, Schott M. Deutchman, Secretary of Agriculture, smart grids, stimulus, Tom Vilsack, USDA
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