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Obama to include broadband in economic stimulus package

Last weekend in his weekly radio address, President-Elect Barack Obama announced that he would be including money for broadband deployment and adoption in his economic recovery plan. His proposals for universal high speed Internet access and his recognition of broadband's importance to the economic recovery reflect the work CWA members did during the campaign to focus attention on the issue.

Obama to include broadband in economic stimulus package

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Call to Action for a Broadband Strategy

In his remarks at a Capitol Hill forum on broadband strategy, Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen urged Congress and the Obama administration to include broadband polices as part of the economic stimulus package. Cohen joined top officials from a diverse group of communications providers, technology companies, public interest and consumer groups, state and local governments and others who have signed on to the call for action for a national broadband strategy.

Call to Action for a Broadband Strategy