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Technology summit. It is an honor for us to be here today to support this important event for the city and county of San Francisco. My name is ann, and i direct the state Broadband Initiative of the National Telecommunications and information administration, which is in washington, d. C. Our agency and tii is part of the u. S. Commerce department, and it is the executive Branch Agency that is in charge of advising the president on telecommunications and information policy issues. We are at the forefront of the obama administrations push to establish a Broadband Foundation needed to support the...

He discovered for the administration is the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program or btop. This program was established in 2009 by the american reinvestment and recovery act and is administered by ntia. We have nearly 4 billion invested in roughly 230 projects across the country, all aimed at expanding Broadband Access and adoption in the country. And i want to tell you a little bit about the programs and then tell you about why we care so much about this issue. So, we have the btop for infrastructure projects. These are building Broadband Networks in areas that are currently underserved....

This needs to go well beyond health care. It includes the availability of private housing, employment, education, meaningful relationships, as well as social participation. In addition, we will be working with the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services to develop, refine, and strengthen policies that promote independent living among all populations, especially those served by medicaid. We would also look with cms to promote home and communitybased services and support. Last but not least, i will be remiss if i forget to mention that may is also the time of the year when communities across ...

And they allow me to represent San Francisco as the Innovative Center for all the rest of the cities across the country. So we get to compare information and there. What these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d. C. , and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. Finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. Hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in San Francisco, because ...

I will be going to rosa parks Senior Center. We just spent 2 million of federal monies to redo that whole Senior Center and allow that to be one of the sites that will post the Technology Advances you are experimenting with today. Our own residents at every location of our Senior Centers are going to enjoy the Technology Advances that we have as a society. This is why we work in a great city like San Francisco. We want everybody connected. We want to make sure the San Francisco connected Program Reaches all of our seniors, all of the people with disabilities. There is no reason why people ocea...