New Broadband Advisory Committee Meets

Connect Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) now have a new broadband advisory committee in place. The committee includes elected officials, public service agency representatives, providers, educators, librarians, and business people. They met for the first time this week in Des Moines to discuss purposes and goals of the Connect Iowa initiative. “The first meeting of the advisory council was really interesting because there were so many people representing different pieces of the broadband puzzle around the table,” said committee member and Iowa State Librarian Mary Wegner. “I am excited that we will be working together...