A coalition of national civil rights organizations announced a plan to promote broadband adoption and literacy among minority and other disadvantaged communities and to include a joint application for broadband stimulus funding, issuing a report focused on promoting innovation in using broadband to solve education, health care and energy savings challenges. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) had encouraged groups to come together to accomplish joint goals in applying for stimulus funding. The new Broadband Opportunity Coalition is also working with two other groups, One Economy Corp. and the Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, to both promote broadband adoption among people of color within the US and to measure progress and determine the best means of meeting challenges, said Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League.
