We just got back from a week traveling (Disney!) and saw this. Richard: the big question is how does this effect NM & Santa Fe? Is it just an election year stunt?
-- Owen On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Richard Lowenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/13/we-can-t-wait-president-obama-signs-executive-order-make-broadband-const > > We Can’t Wait: President Obama Signs Executive Order to Make Broadband > Construction Faster and Cheaper > > White House Also Announces 100-Partner “US Ignite” Broadband Initiative > > Tomorrow, the President will sign an Executive Order to make broadband > construction along Federal roadways and properties up to 90 percent > cheaper and more efficient. Currently, the procedures for approving > broadband infrastructure projects on properties controlled or managed by > the Federal Government—including large tracts of land, roadways, and > more than 10,000 buildings across the Nation—vary depending on which > agency manages the property. The new Executive Order will ensure that > agencies charged with managing Federal properties and roads take > specific steps to adopt a uniform approach for allowing broadband > carriers to build networks on and through those assets and speed the > delivery of connectivity to communities, businesses, and schools. > > "Building a nationwide broadband network will strengthen our economy > and put more Americans back to work," said President Obama. "By > connecting every corner of our country to the digital age, we can help > our businesses become more competitive, our students become more > informed and our citizens become more engaged." > > The White House is also announcing that nearly 100 partners—including > more than 25 cities as well as corporate and non-profit entities—will > join with more than 60 national research universities to form a new > public-private partnership called “US Ignite.” The US Ignite Partnership > will create a new wave of services that take advantage of > state-of-the-art, programmable broadband networks running up to 100 > times faster than today’s Internet. By bringing software developers and > engineers from government and industry together with representatives > from communities, schools, hospitals, and other institutions that will > benefit from faster and more agile broadband options, the partnership > aims to speed up and increase the development of applications for > advanced manufacturing, medical monitoring, emergency preparedness, and > a host of other services. These applications will improve services to > Americans and drive job creation, promote innovation, and create new > markets for American businesses. > > Executive Order > > The Executive Order (EO) will require the Departments of Agriculture, > Commerce, Defense, Interior, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs as > well as the US Postal Service to offer carriers a single approach to > leasing Federal assets for broadband deployment. The EO also requires > that available Federal assets and the requirements for leasing be > provided on departmental websites, and it will require public tracking > of regional broadband deployment projects via the Federal Infrastructure > Projects Dashboard (permits.performance.gov ). In addition, the > Executive Order will direct departments to help carriers time their > broadband deployment activities to periods when streets are already > under construction—an approach that can reduce network deployment costs > along Federal roadways by up to 90 percent. > > US Ignite > > Today, more and more of the Nation’s broadband infrastructure is > capable of moving huge amounts of information quickly and in novel, > programmable ways, but software developers have been unable to create > applications that take full advantage of this new capacity—in part > because potential user communities such as factories and hospitals have > lacked the means to coordinate their needs with developers capabilities. > The new US Ignite Partnership (www.us-ignite.org) will create a national > network of communities and campuses with ultra-fast, programmable > broadband services, operating at speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second. > This network will become a test-bed for designing and deploying > next-generation applications to support national priorities areas such > as education, healthcare, energy, and advanced manufacturing. US Ignite > will challenge students, startups, and industry leaders to create a new > generation of applications and services that meet the needs of local > communities while creating a broad range of job and investment > opportunities. This initiative will open up countless new opportunities > for households and small businesses, helping them experience the > economic and community benefits of next-gen applications while > demonstrating a path for other communities to join. > > Among the commitments being announced today by participants in the new > partnership: > > - Industry partners offer support to partnership: Global industry > leaders including Cisco, Juniper, NEC, and Hewlett-Packard are offering > programmatic and in-kind support to communities while carriers, like > Verizon and Comcast, are announcing new pilot cities on their network > that will participate in US Ignite. > New tools for communities: Non-profits, like the Mott Foundation, are > working with the partnership to deliver new community programs, such as > hack days and startup weekends, to accelerate the transition these > applications into the marketplace. > > - National coalition of universities: The National Science Foundation > (NSF) is committing $20 million to prototype and deploy new technologies > to advance the development of ultra-high-speed, programmable broadband > networks. That is in addition to the ~$40 million that NSF has invested > over four years in the Global Environment for Networking Innovations > (GENI) project, which currently connects more than a dozen universities > with next-generation broadband connections. Built with the technological > contributions of more than 300 NSF-funded researchers at more than 60 > universities, GENI is already serving as a virtual laboratory and > testbed for next-generation applications in healthcare, energy > efficiency, education, and other national priority areas. > > - Next-gen apps challenge to spur innovation: NSF and Mozilla > Foundation, with support from the Department of Energy, are announcing a > $500,000 design competition to develop applications for high-speed > communities around the country. > Building on current broadband investments: Departments of Commerce and > Agriculture are announcing their support for US Ignite with over six > carriers that received funding for expanding their broadband networks > while creating new community-based services. > > - Supporting military families and communities with new applications: > Department of Defense is connecting military families on base with new > US Ignite services, while creating new research opportunities to > students at West Point. HHS’s Beacon Community Program, starting with > the Mayo Clinic, and the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural > Healthcare Pilot Program are partnering with US Ignite to provide new > healthcare applications, such as remote surgical theatre and patient > monitoring. > > - Additional details on these public and private commitments, and on > the participants in today’s activities, are detailed in a Fact Sheet > HERE: > > www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/broadband_fact_sheet_06_13_2012.pdf > > Building on Success > > These announcements build on past successes and the President’s > commitment to deploying high-speed broadband networks as a nationwide > foundation for sustained economic growth and prosperity. Broadband > deployment programs already underway include: > > - NTIA’s Recovery Act projects are increasing broadband access in > communities across the country, with more than 56,000 miles of networks > providing broadband access to more than 8,000 schools, libraries, > hospitals, and public safety entities. > > - USDA’s Rural Utilities Service is currently on target to complete > over $3 billion in Recovery Act investments ensuring that rural > communities and anchor institutions are connected to high-speed > broadband networks. > By taking full advantage of the latest broadband technologies as they > evolve, the United States can continue in its role as a global leader > while strengthening its economy, building new industries and creating > jobs. > > > -------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg > 1st-Mile Institute > Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-989-9110 / 505-603-5200 > www.1st-mile.com [email protected] > -------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > [email protected] > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm >
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