ADVISORY Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20554 Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: December 11, 2012 Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253 Email: mark.wigfield@fcc.gov Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services Announces Feb. 7 Broadband Summit: Broadband Adoption and Usage – What Have We Learned? The Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services will hold a summit on February 7, 2013 to identify and discuss best practices learned from broadband adoption programs and academic studies/surveys, and how implementation of these best practices can close the broadband adoption gap among Americans – particularly low-income households, racial and ethnic minorities, seniors, rural residents, residents of Tribal lands and people with disabilities. Additional details regarding the agenda will be available prior to the event at http://www.fcc.gov/events. Date: February 7, 2013 Time: 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST Location: FCC Commission Room 445 12 th St. SW Washington, D.C. 20554 Webcast: http://www.fcc.gov/live Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need and tell us how to contact you if we need more information. Make your request as early as possible. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY). More information about the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services is available at http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/federal-state-joint-conference-advanced-telecommunications-services. -FCC-