Lawrence E.

(Editor’s Note: The Broadband Report is a weekly feature on WRAL Tech Wire every Monday. Today, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling provided this guest commentary.) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the past five years, we at NTIA have seen first-hand through our broadband grant program the power of broadband to transform lives and impact communities. Broadband has become a cornerstone of economic growth, providing Americans the tools they need to participate in the rapidly growing digital economy. NTIA invested more than $4 billion in grants through the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program to build...

(Editor’s Note: The Broadband Report is a weekly feature on WRAL TechWire every Monday. Today, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling provided this guest commentary.) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The NTIA is hosting several workshops focused on community broadband as we explore ways to build on the momentum of our successful broadband grant programs and explore what comes next. The 2009 Recovery Act included more than $7 billion to expand access to high-speed Internet services to close the digital divide and spark economic growth. Through our Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, or BTOP, the NTIA...