ITP reviews and advocates for policies that work to ensure high-speed connectivity across Illinois - to bridge the digital divide, to make the State a good place for business, to create jobs, to spur growth, to give our students a competitive edge in a global market, etc. The list goes on.

We’re starting to notice a national movement with some of the same principles:

The hottest debate in high tech these days is whether America is on track, or behind, in broadband deployment and adoption, and what can be done to widen broadband’s reach and beneficiaries. The next President—whether Barack Obama or John McCain—has an extraordinary opportunity to ensure that all Americans have affordable access to broadband and the skills and knowledge to benefit from it. This must start with development of a national broadband strategy, a coherent road map of policies and goals that complement and accelerate efforts in the marketplace to achieve universal adoption of affordable high-speed Internet connections.

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The goal must be universal, high-speed Web access, and governments—both federal and state—have crucial roles to play.

Read more about this effort in BusinessWeek.

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