The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is seeking experienced professionals to serve as reviewers of the proposals that the agency will be receiving in conjunctions with the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program of the Recovery Act. I have included a copy of the official request for help below and I would urge you to visit the website indicated and seriously consider serving as a volunteer reviewer for this important program.
Thanks for your time and best regards,
Dale N. Hatfield
Executive Director
Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program University of Colorado at Boulder
401 UCB - Office 404
Boulder, CO 80309
Office: +1 303 492 6648
Email: dale.hatfield@colorado.edu
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In this time of need for so many Americans, thank you so much for taking a moment to consider how you might help President Obama and your Federal Government deliver on the promise of economic recovery through the Recovery Act's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and Broadband Initiatives Program.
We need the help of experienced professionals like you to ensure the success of the BTOP grant program by lending some of your valuable hours to helping review the many applications we expect to receive over the coming months for broadband grant funding. To be considered as a reviewer you must have significant expertise and experience in at least one of the following areas:
1) the design, funding, construction, and operation of broadband networks or public computer centers;
2) broadband-related outreach, training, or education;
3) innovative programs to increase the demand for broadband services.
We are committed to ensuring that reviewers come from diverse backgrounds and areas of the United States. Please feel free to circulate this "Call for Reviewers" to other individuals or organizations that may be sources of qualified reviewers.
Interested parties should visit
http://www.broadbandusa.gov/reviewers.htm
If you would like to serve your country by becoming a BTOP reviewer, please send a resume and the below conflict of interest form in an email to btopreviewers@ntia.doc.gov or FAX to BTOP Reviewers at 202-501-8009.
Please send a signed paper copy as well by U.S. Mail to
BTOP Reviewers
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program National Telecommunications and Information Administration U.S. Department of Commerce HCHB, Room 4812
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
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Ian Martinez
Director, Outreach and Communications
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Department of Commerce
(o) 202.482.3027
(c) 202.579.7391
imartinez@ntia.doc.gov
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