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Creating a Connected America

A great way to create a connected America is to involve all Americans in the development of a National Broadband Plan. The FCC welcomes civic participation, and we look forward to more interaction through this website as we add new features and functions. Check back soon!
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The Broadband Initiatives funded in the Act are intended to accelerate broadband deployment across the United States. The Recovery Act authorizes the FCC to create a National Broadband Plan, that “shall seek to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal.” Learn More...

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Workshops

The goal of the workshops will be to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan. Key constituents will include service providers, equipment providers, applications providers, community groups, and other groups that have a stake in the future of broadband. Check the workshops schedule for more details and to suggest topics and questions for the workshops.

More Workshops to be announced...

How do I add workshops schedule to my calendar?

  • Right click the "Add workshops schedule to your calendar" link and select 'Save Target As..' or 'Save Link As..'.
  • Save the 'broadband_workshops.ics' to your desktop.
  • If you have already configured a calendar program such as Microsoft Windows Calendar or Apple iCal to open .ics file format, double click the file you just downloaded. This will automatically add the workshop schedule to your calendar program.
  • If you do not have a calendar program installed, you can import the .ics file to your Google Calendar.
  • If you are using Microsoft Outlook, select 'Import and Export..' option from File Menu. Choose 'Import an iCalendar or vCalendar file (.vcs)' option on the 'Import and Export' wizard and click 'Next'. Choose the .ics file you just downloaded from the 'Browse' dialog box and click 'Ok'. The workshop schedule will be now available on your Outlook calendar.

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News

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

January 21, 2010 Panelists Announced for January 26, 2010 Broadband Workshop on Minority Radio.


News Release: Download MS Word file | Download PDF file

More News…

Julius Genachowski Chairman

Michael J. Copps Commissioner Robert M. McDowell Commissioner
Mignon Clyburn Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker Commissioner

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Capture The Phone Numbers Using Your Camera Phone

If you have a camera and a 2D matrix code reader on your mobile phone, you can capture the FCC Phone numbers right to your phone by following these three easy steps:
Step 1: Take a photograph of one of the codes below using the camera on your mobile phone.
Step 2: Use your phone's Datamatrix or QR Code reader to decode the information on the photograph. Please note, these code readers are device specific and are available to download on the internet.
Step 3: Store the decoded address information to your phone's address book and use it with your Maps or GPS application.

Datamatrix and QR FCC Phones