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Archives: Reports

Delivering on the Promise of Telehealth to Improve Health Status in California

The Fact-Finding Listening Conferences explored the convergence of technology with healthcare to optimize Telehealth to ensure quality care for medically-disadvantaged residents and to improve overall population health.  The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF)   co-sponsored the Fact-Finding Listening Conferences with Partners in Care Foundation (PICF), CENIC […]

California Broadband For All – Broadband Action Plan 2020

This Plan focuses on achieving three long-term goals: All Californians have high-performance broadband available at home, schools, libraries, and businesses; All Californians have access to affordable broadband and the devices necessary to access the internet; and All Californians can access training and support to enable […]

Broadband for America’s Future: A Vision for the 2020s

Foreword Broadband has quickly emerged as the most transformative technology of our generation—delivering opportunities and strengthening communities. As broadband’s capability to change lives and society has grown, so too has it become the driving mission of the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. To further […]

CETF Overview for Council on Competitiveness

Closing the Digital Divide is an Imperative for Global Competitiveness Closing the Digital Divide is an imperative for global competiveness in this Digital Age.  Broadband is essential 21st Century infrastructure for economic vitality; and access to the Internet is a 21st Century Civil Right.  Communities […]

The Distance Learning Gap in California

CONNECTED CITIES AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH (CCIG) Policy Brief # 6 April 2020 The Distance Learning Gap in California This policy brief examines the availability of distance learning resources for K-12 households in California. The report expands on a previous report that was limited to Los […]

COVID-19 and the Distance Learning Gap

CONNECTED CITIES AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH (CCIG) Policy Brief # 5 April 2020 COVID-19 and the Distance Learning Gap The COVID-19 crisis has forced the closure of school campuses across California, and the transition to distance learning for more than 1.5 million students in Los Angeles […]