CETF's President and CEO Sunne Wright McPeak asked the senators to "connect the dots" and optimize broadband technology in all their programs, including housing, education, and health care. McPeak recommended Congress set specific goals with hard metrics to guarantee results, a suggestion that seemed to [...]
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CETF partners the Latino Community Foundation and Chicana Latina Foundation staged an open house to introduce Napa families to affordable broadband offers and low-cost computers. Read More>>>
Promoting the relevance of broadband service to those who have not yet chosen to subscribe was one of the key steps cited at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittee hearing on broadband adoption. Sunne Wright McPeak, president and chief executive officer of the California [...]
CETF President and CEO Sunne Wright McPeak urged Congress to pursue goals and metrics on broadband adoption and promote an integrated broadband strategy across government departments, saying it is especially important in our "era of limited resources." Read More>>>
Sunne Wright McPeak, president of the California Emerging Technology Fund, told lawmakers that the urban poor predominantly lack broadband access and said policymakers “will not achieve adoption into low income areas without a broadband Lifeline program.” Read More>>>
Sunne Wright McPeak, California Emerging Technology Fund President and CEO, delivered testimony today to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet for its hearing titled "Broadband Adoption: The Next Mile". She called for focused efforts on integrating broadband adoption across the spectrum [...]
Local elected officials from around California joined the California Emerging Technology Fund, California State Association of Counties and other sponsors to discuss how to increase broadband development and adoption. "The message from this meeting is that local officials are marshaling their political will and skills [...]
CETF and California Foundation for Independent Living Centers are forming a statewide partnership to connect people with disabilities to affordable broadband at home. CETF is investing $260,000 in the "Digital Access" initiative to provide access to high-speed Internet, low-cost computing devices, and Digital Literacy training. [...]
New Partnership to Move People with Disabilities into the Digital Age The California Emerging Technology Fund and California Foundation for Independent Living Centers are launching a new statewide partnership to help improve the lives of Californians with disabilities by providing access to affordable Internet service [...]
Governor Signs Bills to Expand Broadband in California Broadband advocates are celebrating after Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday signed two bills - Senate Bill (SB) 740 (Padilla-D, Pacoima) and Assembly Bill (AB) 1299 (Bradford-D, Gardena) - that will bring more broadband access to rural Californians and [...]