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What the National Broadband

Plan Does for NationalPriorities

Presentation to Federal Communications BarAssociation Broadband Committee

Phoebe Yang, Kerry McDermott, Ellen Satterwhite,Claude Aiken, Nick Sinai, Tom Brown, Kris Monteith

November 9, 2010

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Congress asked the FCC for a plan for using broadbandto better realize our national purposes

a plan for use of broadbandinfrastructure and services in:

- advancing consumer welfare- civic participation

- public safety and homelandsecurity

- community development- health care delivery- energy independence and

efficiency- education

- worker training- private sector investment- entrepreneurial activity- job creation and economic

growth- and other national

purposes.

Healthcare

Energy andthe environment

Government performanceand civic engagement

Public safety andhomeland security

Economic opportunity

Education

American Recovery andReinvestment Act,6001(k)(2)(D):

Area of focus for

todays conversation

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Framework for national purposes

Expand rural healthcare program

Modernize and

streamline E-Rate Free up morespectrum for mobilebroadband, which canbe used to supportnational purposes

Expand use ofelectronic health andeducation records

Provide consumerswith access to theirdigital energyinformation

Make all data that thegovernment treats aspublic available online

Create nationallearning registry

Promote innovation in

wireless medical devices Create small businessbroadband tools andtraining

Increase BroadbandConnectivity Unleash Data forConsumer Applications Increase Adoptionand Utilization

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As a platform for innovation and information exchange,broadband can help improve health outcomes

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Health Care

Whats Been Done Whats In Store

Proposed rules to reform RuralHealth Care Program in July

Launched unprecedentedpartnership with FDA to streamline

approval process for wireless medicaldevices in July

Signed joint statement andMemorandum of Understandingbetween FCC and FDA

Issued experimental waiver for

wireless health care network Advised White House HIT Task Force

Aligned efforts with HHS, VA, NIH

Rural Health Care Program Order

Creating permanent BroadbandInfrastructure Fund

Creating new BroadbandServices Fund

Increasing eligible providers

Exploring wireless test beds

Continuing advisory role

Continuing coordination acrossgovernment

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As a platform for information exchange, broadband canhelp personalize instruction so students learn more

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Education

Whats Been Done Whats In Store

E-Rate FY2011 Broadband Order inSeptember

Addresses every NBPrecommendation to FCC re: E-Rate

that does not require Congress Streamlines application process

Provides greater flexibility

Indexes cap to inflation

Allows off-hours community use

Introduces wireless pilot Department of Ed, Smithsonian andFCC launched effort to create NationalLearning Registry in July

IMLS launches effort to developguidelines for digitally literatecommunities

Launch of wireless pilot program

National Education Technology Plan

Creation of the National LearningRegistry

Coordination on development ofVirtual Learning Platform withDepartment of Energy

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As a platform for innovation, broadband can helpconsumers understand and manage their energy use

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Energy & the Environment

Whats Been Done Whats In Store

Launched Survivability NOI in April

Held first-ever FCC CleanTechnology Showcase in May

Department of Energy released twoNBP-recommended reports on SmartGrid and consumer access to energydata in October

California has launched effortsaimed at giving consumers access totheir energy data and promoting

smart meter privacy Freed up white spaces betweentelevision channels for unlicenseduse, benefitting the Smart Grid

Reliability NOI

Closer coordination with energy-focused government agencies likeFERC, Department of Energy and EPA

Greening the FCC

Efforts to highlight sustainableindustry best practices

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Implementation

Lots of organizations workingtogether . . .

. . . And tools to trackprogress