Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Federal Land Rules

The White House announced "We Can’t Wait: President Obama Signs Executive Order to Make Broadband Construction Faster and Cheaper" plus "Announces 100-Partner “US Ignite” Broadband Initiative."

"The President will sign an Executive Order to make broadband construction along Federal roadways and properties up to 90 percent cheaper and more efficient. Currently, the procedures for approving broadband infrastructure projects on properties controlled or managed by the Federal Government—including large tracts of land, roadways, and more than 10,000 buildings across the Nation—vary depending on which agency manages the property. The new Executive Order will ensure that agencies charged with managing Federal properties and roads take specific steps to adopt a uniform approach for allowing broadband carriers to build networks on and through those assets and speed the delivery of connectivity to communities, businesses, and schools."

"The Executive Order (EO) will require the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs as well as the US Postal Service to offer carriers a single approach to leasing Federal assets for broadband deployment."

"The new US Ignite Partnership will create a national network of communities and campuses with ultra-fast, programmable broadband services, operating at speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second. This network will become a test-bed for designing and deploying next-generation applications to support national priorities areas such as education, healthcare, energy, and advanced manufacturing."

"Additional details on these public and private commitments, and on the participants in today’s activities, are detailed in a Fact Sheet HERE"

Thanks, Brett, for the link.

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