American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broadband Initiative Kick Off  
 
March 10, 2009 - 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. 
U.S. Department of Commerce Auditorium 
Washington, D.C.  
 
Agenda 
 
10:00 Welcome and Host 
Anna Gomez, Acting Administrator, NTIA 
10:05 President Obama’s Broadband Strategy 
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture 
10:20 Remarks from the Federal Communications Commission 
Acting Chairman Michael J. Copps 
10:30 Remarks from NTIA  
Rick Wade, Senior Advisor and Acting Chief of Staff            
10:40 Broadband Initiatives: Statutory Requirements & Timelines  
Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, Associate Administrator, NTIA 
David Villano, Assistant Administrator for Telecommunication     
      Programs, USDA Rural Development 
Scott M. Deutchman, Acting Senior Legal Advisor to Acting        
      Chairman Copps, FCC 
11:00  Comments from the Public  
11:30 Adjourn 
 
 
The Public Meeting will be streamed over the Web with captions and 
made available on NTIA’s Web site www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants.    
 
Interested parties wishing to submit questions in advance of the meeting 
may do so by emailing them to: 
Barbara Brown (NTIA) at bbrown@ntia.doc.gov: 
Christi Shewman (FCC) at Christi.Shewman@fcc.gov; or  
Mary Campanola (USDA) at mary.campanola@usda.gov.