FCC broadband roadmap aims to bring order to stimulus chaos - Ars Technica

Julius Genachowski's Federal Communications Commission hit the ground running on Thursday, publishing a timeline of all broadband related projects it hopes to finish through February 17 of next year. That's the date when the Commission must send to Congress its National Broadband Plan—a set of recommendations for making sure that everybody in the United States has access to broadband.

"I am pleased that we have a plan that will be data-driven," the new boss told reporters at his first Open Commission Meeting. "That means not starting with conclusions, but using data to develop analysis. It also means not just accepting data, but digging into data, to find concrete solutions that supersede ideology—and that can make a difference in the lives of real Americans..."