Broadband Stimulus Should Require Maps First, Say Congressmen

Government Technology
By Andy Opsahl
If two congressmen get their way, the awarding of stimulus money for broadband projects would be contingent upon completion of broadband mapping. U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, recently suggested that only local governments in states with completed maps of broadband coverage should receive stimulus money for broadband projects.
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What do we earn?

The Southern
CARBONDALE - Numbers from the Illinois Department of Employment Security show the average salary of a Southern Illinois resident falls well short of the state average.
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ARRA Broadband Report Presented To Government, Collaborative Efforts Top List

TMCnet
Connected Nation, the Commerce Department and United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development and Utilities Services (USDA RDUP) have presented their progress, status and recommendations reports about facilitating every American citizen with broadband infrastructure as per the directives mentioned in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 2009 to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
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