Past studies have shown that investment in broadband technology results in job creation and positive economic output, but the impact can reach far beyond the technology industry. A recent study, from the Economic Policy Institute’s Ethan Pollack: The Jobs Impact of Telecom Investment, describes the total jobs impact from investment in wireless infrastructure.Read more

The U.S. Department of Labor and Facebook announced last week that they plan to join forces to help job seekers. The plan is to harness the power of social media and the Internet and find a way to offer job listings on various social media sites at no charge.Read more

On Thursday, September 8, Broadband for America Honorary Co-Chairmen John Sununu and Harold Ford Jr. sent a letter to President Barack Obama, Speaker of the House John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid presenting the broadband industry as a model for job creation and economic growth.Read more

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton announced the committee’s technology policy agenda for the fall. Issues which will be addressed by the respective subcommittees are cybersecurity, FCC process reform, privacy and spectrum reallocation for mobile broadband and a national public safety network.Read more

In the current economy, jobs can be scarce, but the technology industry has continuously been a leader in both job creation and economic growth. In the latest effort to boost employment rates, technology companies, including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Broadband for America member AT&T, joined President Obama to announce a new effort to help military veterans find jobs.Read more

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that over the next two years approximately 100,000 jobs will be added to the U.S. technology sector thanks to the advancements in broadband access. The jobs will help revive communities hard hit by the economic downturn. Some employees will be given the option to telework, another benefit of broadband access.Read more