August 26.2009

Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room), Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW
Washington, D.C.
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The goal of the workshops will be to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan. Key constituents will include service providers, equipment providers, applications providers, community groups, and other groups that have a stake in the future of broadband. Workshops will consist of meetings held at the FCC. The public will have the opportunity to suggest meeting topics and questions for the workshops. All meetings will be broadcast over the Internet when possible, and archived for viewing at a later time to ensure that everyone has access to the content.

The goal of this workshop is to identify potential impact of increased broadband access on job training and job placement. Some argue broadband could have the ability to transform job training programs. During this workshop, the FCC hopes to learn about the potential impact of broadband access on online and remote job training programs, and access to potential jobs and listings. The workshop will look at trends in job training and job searching to determine if there are ways the government can improve the effectiveness of its program.