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ITIF Event: The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America

As Congress considers a substantial stimulus package to get the economy moving, investing in new economy digital infrastructures will provide significant opportunities not just for short-term stimulus and job creation, but also longer term economic and social benefits. Please join us for the release of the ITIF report, The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America. The report provides a detailed analysis and estimate of the short-term jobs impacts of spurring investment in three critical digital networks: broadband, the smart grid (making the electric distribution system intelligent) and health IT, and outlines policy steps to spur this investment.

Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Place: The National Press Club (map and directions)
First Amendment Lounge
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045

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Presenters

Robert Atkinson (bio)
President, The Information and Innovation Foundation

Stephen Ezell (bio) (slides)
Senior Analyst, The Information and Innovation Foundation

Respondents

John Irons (bio)
Research and Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute

Bracken Hendricks (bio)
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Audio and Video

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