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February 25, 2010 Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253
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FCC TO RELEASE STUDY FOCUSING ON ROLE OF COMMUNITY-BASED 
ORGANIZATIONS IN LOWERING BARRIERS TO BROADBAND
Study Examines Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Social Science Research 
Council (SSRC) will unveil the study findings of the SSRC in its report, Broadband Adoption in Low-
Income Communities, March 2 at an event hosted by the American Library Association (ALA).
WHEN: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2261 
50 Independence Avenue Southwest 
Washington, DC 20515 
WHO: John Horrigan, FCC consumer research director
Mark Lloyd, FCC associate general counsel and chief diversity officer
Dharma Dailey, SSRC independent researcher director 
Amelia Bryne, SSCR independent researcher
Emily Sheketoff, ALA Washington Office executive director
The FCC commissioned the study to help inform their understanding of barriers to broadband adoption 
and to shape the National Broadband Plan due to Congress on March 17 under the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act.
The presenters will discuss the contexts for understanding barriers to broadband adoption.  Such 
challenges vary from price to skill and language barriers to the challenges of community-based 
organizations, such as libraries, in providing broadband access for those without it at home as well as 
instruction on using the Internet.
After the program, participants will take questions from the audience.
For additional information on this event, please call the American Library Association at 202-628-8410.
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News about the Federal Communications Commission’s development of the National Broadband can 
be found at http://www.broadband.gov/news.html