Public Interest Organizations Announce Support for the Role of Local Governments in National Broadband Plan
Earlier today, more than a
dozen public interest organizations filed comments with the FCC supporting the
role of local governments in the National Broadband Plan. The comments
detail the organizations’ support for the comments
filed by NATOA, NLC, NACo, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors earlier this
month.
The comments were filed
today by Access Humboldt, the Benton Foundation, CCTV Center for Media and
Democracy, Center for Media Justice, Center for Rural Strategies, Media Action
Grassroots Network, Media Alliance, Media and Democracy Coalition, Media Mobilizing
Project, Mountain Area Information Network, National Alliance for Media, Arts,
and Culture, National Federation of Community Broadcasters, New America
Foundation, Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation, Public
Knowledge, and Reclaim the Media.
The point of contact on
these comments is Ms. Beth McConnell of
the Media and Democracy Coalition.
The full text of the
comments filed by these organizations is available here.