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Omnibus Broadband Initiative:  Commission 
Meeting Update
August 27, 2009
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Timeline
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Additional Workshops to be added
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Field Hearings and Forums throughout September, October, 
and November
Month Action
September Meeting Report on Process and Calendar
October Meeting Report on Factual State of Play
November Meeting Report on Analysis of Key Gaps
December Meeting Report on Policy Framework
January Meeting Report on Opportunities to Drive 
National Purposes
February Meeting Report on Plan
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Process Innovations
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First use of public workshops 
over broad range of issues 
(~1100 in room attendees) 
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First use of public multimedia 
to open up ex parte process 
(~4600 online attendees)
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First testimony via telepresence
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First dedicated webpage for 
policy initiative
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First FCC Blog
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First FCC Tweet
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First use of idea rankings for 
public input
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Experimental use of academic 
institutions for focused data 
gathering
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Workshops Overview
Workshops Completed
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eGov/Civic Participation
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Deployment (3 Workshops)
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Technology (2 Workshops)
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International Lessons
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Disadvantaged Business
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Adoption (3 Workshops)
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Individuals with Disabilities
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Education
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Smart Grid, Broadband, and 
Climate Change
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Public Safety and Homeland 
Security
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Economic Growth, Job 
Creation, and Private 
Investment
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Job Training
Workshops Planned
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Applications and Devices
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Benchmarks
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Best Practices/Big Ideas
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Broadband Consumer 
Experience
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Healthcare
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State and Local Governments 
(New)
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Spectrum (New)
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Role of Content (New)
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Cybersecurity (New)
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Civil Rights (New)
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Individuals with Disabilities II 
(New)
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Workshops Speakers
Satellite
2%
RLEC
2%
Cable
3%
Other
9%
Equ ipm en t
8%
Disa bilit ies
 Com m unity
5%
ILEC
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5%
Think Tanks
4%
Fiber
4%
CLEC
2%
Sm all, Disadv antaged, or 
Minority  Bu siness 
12%
Alt. Wireless
9%
Consum er/Public Interest
9%
Gov ernment
9%
Media
2%
Academic
9%
Approximate Participation
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Sample Notable Speakers
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Vivek
 
Kundra, CIO of the 
United States
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Norm Ornstein, American 
Enterprise Institute
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Vint
 
Cerf, Google
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Craig Moffit, Sanford Bernstein
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Milo Medin, M2Z 
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Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law 
School
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Kareem Dale, Special Assistant 
to the President for Disability 
Policy
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Margot Dorfman, US Women’s 
Chamber of Commerce 
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Daniel Phythyon, FEMA
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Barry West, Clearwire
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Rosaline Crawford, National 
Association for the Deaf
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Nicol
 
Turner-Lee, Joint Center 
for Political and Economic 
Studies 
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Jim Shelton, Department of 
Education
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Emmanuel Hooper, Ph.D., 
Harvard University 
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Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital
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Ed Evans, Stelera
 
Wireless
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Yvette Herrera, 
Communications Workers of 
America
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New Media Initiatives
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Blogband
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Staff post after each workshop to engage public on 
analysis and lessons learned
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15 Posts in 8 days
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~160 Comments in 8 days
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Significant Press Activity
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Twitter
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@fccdotgov
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2187 Followers in 8 Days
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20 Tweets in 8 Days
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Ideascale
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Launching in September
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Defining Broadband on Blogband
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68 Comments on 1 Post
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Sample Comments:
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“In whatever definition you 
use, you must also consider 
latency.”
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“Broadband has sufficient 
bandwidth for real time 
viewing of (nearly) all 
streamed content.”
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“No absolute numbers…The 
threshold (should) rise as 
technology improve(s).”
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Rebooted FCC
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Big Challenges
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Scope
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Time
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Data
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Imbalance
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Near Term Next Steps
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Future Workshops
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10 Workshops Remaining
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Possibility to add workshops/webinars on additional topics
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Field Hearings and Broadband Forums throughout Fall to follow 
up on Workshops
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Comment Cycles
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First Tranche of Workshops
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Second Tranche of Workshops
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September Commission Meeting
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Incorporate Lessons from Workshops, Additional Filings
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Initial Overview of Current State and Direction of Broadband 
Deployment/Adoption
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Introduction to On-Going National Purposes Research
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Ex Parte Process
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On www.broadband.gov/exparte