Broadband Stimulus Rumors 'Off Target'
The head of President-elect Barack Obama's technology, innovation and government reform team today said recent estimates from "very reliable sources" about the size, scope, and structure of the proposed broadband portion of the forthcoming economic stimulus package that Obama wants to send to Congress are "off target." In his first public speech since joining the transition team, Blair Levin would did not elaborate on the plan, only to say that the team wants to work collaboratively with Capitol Hill leaders and is driven by "letting the best ideas win."
"People are confusing national broadband goals generally with the very specific goals of broadband in the economic recovery package," he told the Congressional Internet Caucus's State of the Net conference. "It misses the different problem sets we're solving for." Levin, who refused to take questions from reporters after his speech, is on leave from his position as managing director of the investment firm Stifel Nicolaus and he previously served as chief of staff for former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. Hundt is another key Obama backer.
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