. thinking of applying for federal broadband stimulus funding. That’s right, just published last Friday, Enhancing Broadband in Washington: Effective Means to Improve Connectivity and Awareness / Report of the Governor’s Broadband Advisory Council, July 17, 2009.
The report includes recommendations for broadband mapping, public-private partnering, Anchor Institutions, multi-purpose grant proposals, and broadband access and adoption programs all to provide the Governor with a framework for advising federal officials on the priorities of the State.
State librarian, Jan Walsh, was a member of the Governor’s Broadband Advisory Council (GBAC) from its inception. Her goal: to make sure Washington libraries had a place at the table. So how did libraries fair in the final version?
