October 18, 2011 -- New Blog Post from the UpNext: The IMLS Blog

Connect to Compete: FCC Launches Digital Literacy Coalition
On October 12, I participated in the unveiling of Connect to Compete, a public-private partnership to turn around the problem of digital exclusion in the US. According to the Pew Research Center, one-third of all Americans – 100 million people – have not adopted broadband high-speed Internet at home. The national announcement is the first major action by Chairman Genachowski’s Broadband Adoption Task force, created in May to help close the adoption gap.

Read full post online at http://blog.imls.gov/?p=524.

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