Inter-Agency

Broadband programs coordinated among the responsible agencies:

            Commerce/NTIA, USDA/RUS and the FCC

Coordination beyond the agencies directly responsible:

          Department of Transportation (DOT)

                    Smartgrid

                                Possible opportunity to consolidate digging for fiber optic cable and Smartgrid technology                  

          National Institutes of Health (NIH)

                   Telemedicine

                                 Medical Records

          Department  of Energy (DOE)

                                Energy efficiency of Internet connections

                                 Energy to install infrastructure discounted over lifetime and population served

                                 Integration with Home Control / metering systems