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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><img width="211" height="86" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://idevmail.americaneagle.com/UserFiles/imls/image/logoIMLS.gif" alt="IMLS logo"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">MEDIA ADVISORY</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
<span class="copy">July 13, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Press Contact</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
Neil Grace: 202-418-0506<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:Neil.Grace@fcc.gov"><span style="color:#0D6573">Neil.Grace@fcc.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">IMLS Director Susan Hildreth to Participate in Connect2Compete Announcement Monday, July 16</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Washington, D.C. — On Monday, July 16, 2012, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will join Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, representatives from
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Connect2Compete,</span></em> and the Institute of Museum and Library Services to announce an effort on digital literacy and job training as part of a national initiative to close the broadband adoption gap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Connect2Compete
</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">is a national non-profit coalition to help narrow the digital divide by making high-speed Internet access, computers, educational and jobs content, and digital literacy
training more accessible for millions of Americans without home connectivity. The program recently announced the first-ever, multi-media, multilingual, nationwide ad campaign on digital literacy with the Ad Council, which will launch in early 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">According to studies, one-third of all Americans— 100 million people – have not adopted broadband high-speed Internet at home and 66 million Americans lack digital literacy skills.
Through <em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Connect2Compete,</span></em> the public-private partnership seeks to overcome the top obstacles to broadband adoption, including digital literacy, relevance, and cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">WHAT:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"> FCC Chairman Genachowski and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis will visit
an employment center in Arlington, VA, for an announcement related to digital literacy and job training.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">WHO:
</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Julius Genachowski</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">,<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></strong>Chairman, Federal Communications Commission<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hilda Solis</span></strong>, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Howard Feldstein</span></strong>, Director, Arlington Employment Center<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Susan Hildreth</span></strong>, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Connect2Compete</span></em> representative<br>
American Job Center job seeker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">WHEN:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">10:30AM Eastern<br>
Monday, July 16, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">WHERE:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Arlington Employment Center<br>
Arlington Department of Human Services<br>
2100 Washington Blvd.<br>
Arlington, VA 22204<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">PRESS:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">For media inquiries and to RSVP, please contact FCC Press Secretary Neil Grace at
<a href="mailto:neil.grace@fcc.gov"><span style="color:#0D6573">neil.grace@fcc.gov</span></a> or 202-418-0506.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">ONLINE:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">The event will be livestreamed at
<a href="http://idevmail.americaneagle.com/link.aspx?l=1&d=196&mid=333802&m=932">
<span style="color:#0D6573">www.fcc.gov/live</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">For more news and information about the FCC please visit:
<a href="http://idevmail.americaneagle.com/link.aspx?l=2&d=196&mid=333802&m=932">
<span style="color:#0D6573">www.fcc.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. Through grant making, policy development, and research, we help communities and individuals thrive through broad public
access to knowledge, cultural heritage, and lifelong learning. To learn more about IMLS, please visit
<a href="http://idevmail.americaneagle.com/link.aspx?l=3&d=196&mid=333802&m=932">
<span style="color:#0D6573">www.imls.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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