February 2021

Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel Remarks to Advisory Committee on Diversity

I believe we should prioritize diversity and expanded opportunity not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s the smart thing to do. We are establishing a website where stakeholders can go to register their interest in helping to promote the Emergency Broadband Benefit program. Sign up—at www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit. Because we all have a part to play in this effort, and I hope every one of you will join us as we seek to raise awareness about this opportunity to get more of us connected.

Boosting broadband adoption | Part 3 of Build Back Better with Biden FCC

The digital divide and internet equity is more about consumer adoption than it is about network deployment. This paper addresses the adoption problem, how it has been exacerbated by the Trump Federal Communications Commission, and how the Biden FCC will be called upon to think anew and reprioritize in order to connect more Americans. Trump FCC systematically and stealthily worked to weaken the Lifeline program. The Biden FCC’s Build Back Better opportunity for broadband access for low-income Americans has multiple opportunities to reverse that neglect.

Sponsor 

Communications and Technology Subcommittee

House Commerce Committee

Date 
Wed, 02/17/2021 - 11:00

Key Documents

Memorandum from Chairman Pallone to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Witnesses

Mr. Matthew F. Wood
Vice President of Policy and General Counsel
Free Press Action

Dr. Tiffany Anderson
Superintendent
Topeka Public Schools

Christopher M. Shelton
President
Communications Workers of America