Connected Nation Partners with Technology Leaders to Apply for Broadband Stimulus Funds to Connect More U.S. Households

Washington, DC – Connected Nation, a national nonprofit, is joining with technology stalwarts Intel, Fujitsu, Velocity Micro, and ZT Systems to establish Every Citizen Online (SM), a public-private partnership program to enable computer ownership and broadband use in low-income and unconnected homes.

The program will help vulnerable populations overcome top barriers to adoption: broadband awareness and training, computer ownership, and broadband affordability. In order to impact the most Americans, the partnership has submitted an application for Every Citizen OnlineSM to take advantage of Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) funding set aside for Sustainable Broadband Adoption as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

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Iowa Taps Connected Nation to Map Broadband Availability

Des Moines, Iowa –The Iowa Utilities Board recently named Connected Nation, a national nonprofit, as the designated entity to create a statewide broadband inventory map. The map is expected to serve as a key asset for the state as it seeks to maximize Iowa’s share of the federal broadband stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Press Release.