Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., reintroduced broadband legislation that takes on...
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., reintroduced broadband legislation that takes on small business recommendations in the National Broadband Plan. Landrieu is chair of the Senate Small Business Committee. The bill, S-257, was co-sponsored again by Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry,…
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D-Mass. Landrieu made a few revisions to the bill. Among other things, it would require the Small Business Administration to appoint a broadband and emerging IT coordinator to help small businesses adopt and use broadband, and identify best practices (CD June 22 p8). The new version no longer sets up a pilot program to provide up to 1,000 excess government-owned computers each year to small businesses in rural areas. The section on capital access no longer includes SBA 504 Loans. And it no longer adds broadband training to services offered by women’s business centers.