House unanimously passes bill to create new broadband office within Commerce Department

Published by PoliticoPro on May 8, 2019 By John Hendel House lawmakers today unanimously approved legislation to create a new Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The office envisioned by the ACCESS BROADBAND Act, H.R. 1328 (116), would conduct outreach, hold workshops and develop guidance all targeted at getting more communities …