White House To Issue Broadband Report, Recommendations Sept. 21

The White House plans to unveil a broadband report and recommendations Sept. 21, said Jeffrey Zients, director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, in a blog post. Zients said Obama had created the Broadband Opportunity Council and directed all federal agencies "to think creatively and develop new ways to promote broadband investment, deployment, and competition." The White House has received the agency input, and Sept. 21 "will share a formal report and recommendations to improve broadband across the country," Zients said Friday. The BOC also received comments from other interested parties in June (see 1506120049).