Broadband deployment remains key priority for the Commerce Dept. ...
Broadband deployment remains key priority for the Commerce Dept. (DoC) Technology Administration(TA) this year, officials said at Wed. media roundtable. TA will continue to focus on demand-side factors, such as showing businesses and consumers what broadband can do for…
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them, and leave the regulatory battles to others, said Bruce Mehlman, asst. secy.-technology policy. That includes more discussion on digital copyright issues, he said. While there’s been some movement in that area, Mehlman said, there’s still long way to go. Other technology priorities, he said, include: (1) Technology transfer efforts to ensure that U.S. innovation and policies are as globally competitive as possible. (2) Technology-led economic development. (3) Efforts to beef up the U.S. information technology (IT) work force by convincing more young people to study math and science. TA also continues to be involved in a national nanotechnology initiative, said Philip Bond, undersecy. of commerce for technology. Agency expects to unveil IT-related legislation in next couple of weeks, he said, but he declined to elaborate. Bond said, the TA also would devote more energy to IT and information and communications technology (ICT) standards, which increasingly are becoming battlegrounds.