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ZeroDivide provides financial support, capacity building and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations that benefit low-income, minority, immigrant, non-English speaking, LGBT, aged and disability communities.

Our key comments and recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the development of a National Broadband Plan are:

The FCC, in an unprecedented step, hosted the first Native Nations Day under the leadership of Geoffrey Blackwell and his staff from the new FCC Office of Native Affairs and Policy.

The Office was established last year after Native Nations articulated the need for such an office to coordinate Nation-to-Nation consultation on communication and telecommunication regulatory items specific to the 565 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages.

The Commission took the first steps towards meaningful consultation by announcing the appointment of 19 elected tribal leaders and tribal members to the Native Nations Broadband Task Force. Among those named was Matthew Rantanen, member of Native Public Media’s Board and Director of the Southern California Tribal Digital Village.

What role does technology play in health care?

According to a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute 90% of U.S. health care leaders and 84% of global health care leaders expect IT to play a "key factor" in health care system changes in the coming decade. Health information systems, technologies and tools will be developed and implemented to provide patients with more control over their own health care.

The FCC will deliver its National Broadband Plan to Congress on March 17, which will detail strategies for expanding affordable, world-class broadband throughout the county.

This will be a strategy for U.S. global leadership in high-speed Internet to create jobs and spur economic growth; to unleash new waves of innovation and investment; and to improve education, health care, energy efficiency, public safety, and the vibrancy of our democracy.

Broad Spectrum of Organizations Endorse FCC’s Broadband Adoption Recommendations; Civil Rights, Housing, and Media Groups Representing Millions Sign On

San Francisco, California — The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, One Economy and ZeroDivide submitted a letter in support of the broadband adoption and utilization recommendations issued this morning by the FCC. The Commission is preparing to deliver the first-ever National Broadband Plan to Congress on March 17th.