Congress, FCC listening to libraries on broadband

As the ALA Washington Office continues our ongoing strategy to inform Congress and the NTIA of the benefits of investing in broadband stimulus funding for libraries, we’re seeing very public evidence that our message is resonating. On September 17, the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a hearing titled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission.”

The hearing – the first since Julius Genachowski was named Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – examined the views of the FCC Commissioners on a wide array of issues, including the progress of the national broadband plan, challenges in creating a national public safety broadband network and wireless competition...