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Subject: [District Dispatch] Director of the Sacramento Public Library System to testify in House broadband hearing<br>To: <a href="mailto:district@ala.org">district@ala.org</a><br><br><br>FULL POST: <a href="http://bit.ly/cym1oO" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/cym1oO</a><br>
--<br>District Dispatch has posted a new item, "Director of the Sacramento Public<br>Library System to testify in House broadband hearing"<br><br>WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rivkah Sass, Director of the Sacramento Public Library<br>
System, will testify before the United States House of Representatives<br>Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology<br>and the Internet at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 13, in 2123 Rayburn House Office<br>
Building.<br><br>The hearing, titled “The National Broadband Plan: Promoting Broadband<br>Adoption,” is the fourth in a series of hearings addressing issues raised in<br>the National Broadband Plan. It will examine recommendations in the National<br>
Broadband Plan for increasing broadband adoption, including ways to ensure that<br>all Americans are able to subscribe to broadband and ways to educate<br>individuals about broadband's benefits. Ms. Sass’s testimony will highlight<br>
the critical role of libraries as anchor institutions in helping drive<br>broadband adoptions in communities.<br><br>If provided by the committee, a live webcast of the hearing will be available<br>at <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/" target="_blank">http://energycommerce.house.gov</a>.<br>
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posted.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Jacob Roberts<br><a href="mailto:jroberts@alawash.org">jroberts@alawash.org</a></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Diedre Conkling<br>Lincoln County Library District<br>P.O. Box 2027<br>Newport, OR 97365<br>
Work phone & fax: 541-265-3066<br>Work email: <a href="mailto:diedre@beachbooks.org">diedre@beachbooks.org</a><br>Home email: <a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a><br>