Federal-State Joint Conference Announces Feb. 7 Broadband Summit

ADVISORY
Federal Communications Commission

Federal-State Joint Conference

445 12th Street, S.W.
on Advanced Services

Washington, D. C. 20554

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:

December 11, 2012
Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253
Email: mark.wigfield@fcc.gov [4]

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 [5].

Date:

February 7, 2013

Time:

8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST

Location:

FCC Commission Room
445 12th St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20554

Webcast:

http://www.fcc.gov/live [6]
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 [7] 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 [8].
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