Obama: U.S. to bring broadband to "nearly every community in America"
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Tuesday, which is funding $7.2 billion for grant programs to increase the deployment and adoption of high speed Internet.
Report: U.S. falls to sixth in innovation-based competitiveness
A new report from a Speed Matters partner, the Information Technology
and Innovation Foundation, found that the United States ranked sixth
among 40 nations and regions in innovation-based economic competitiveness.
Most troubling, the ITIF report found that the United St...
Rural Broadband And Telemedicine Save Stroke Victims? Lives
Broadband saves lives - at least according to a recent article in the USA Today. A two-way video and audio link - made possible by rural broadband access - saved the life of a woman experiencing a stroke.
E-Government enters new age
In an op/ed for State Tech Magazine, Information Technology and
Innovation Foundation (ITIF) President Robert Atkinson and senior ITIF
analyst Daniel Castro argue that the United States is entering a new age of e-government.