[Governance] WEBCAST TODAY: SHLB Webinar ‘Broadband on the Hill: A Legislative Update

[Joly MacFie]

There's a LOT of money coming to somebody! Let's hope it goes to the right
places, including community networks.

Reminder, SHLB Webinars are only public for 30 days, then they go behind
their memberwall.

ISOC Live posted: "On Friday May 29 2020 at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC) the
Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) will host a webinar
'Broadband on the Hill: A Legislative Update'. US Broadband legislation is
having an unprecedented moment - a reaction to the u"

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<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/hill>On *Friday May 29 2020* at *1pm
EDT* (17:00 UTC) the *Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition*
<https://shlb.org> (SHLB) will host a webinar '*Broadband on the Hill: A
Legislative Update <https://www.shlb.org/webinars>*'. US Broadband
legislation is having an unprecedented moment - a reaction to the urgent
need to expedite connectivity amid COVID-19. Congress is considering bills
to *add $2 billion
<https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-eshoo-and-young-introduce-bipartisan-bill-expand-telehealth-during>*
to the Rural Health Care Program, $4 billion to the E-rate program, $9
billion for Lifeline, *$80 billion for broadband infrastructure
<https://www.majoritywhip.gov/?press=clyburn-pallone-and-10-house-dems-announce-plan-to-connect-all-americans-to-affordable-broadband-internet>*,
and* $1.2 billion for digital literacy <https://www.digitalequityact.org/>*.
The panel will explore which bills will have the best chances of enactment,
and what can be done to support these initiatives. SPEAKERS; *Asad
Ramzanali*, legislative director, Office of Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo,
D-Calif.; *Joseph Wender*, senior policy advisor, Office of Senator Edward
J. Markey, D-Mass.; *John Windhausen Jr*., executive director, SHLB
Coalition. MODERATOR: *Kelcee Griffis*, senior telecom reporter, Law360.

*LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/hill
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/hill>*

*SIMULCAST: Periscope <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/> | Twitch
<https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>*

*PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM: https://bit.ly/3gxEpeF <https://bit.ly/3gxEpeF>*

*TWITTER: #broadband + @SHLBCoalition <https://bit.ly/2M8xjPR>*

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