i think that has been an emphasis on the ntia. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. department of aging and adult services. our program is going to be putting computers and technology -- wi technology into centers around the city for seniors. 21 senior centers in the city. six public housing sites for seniors and adults with disabilities. it supported housing sites, eight adult day health care sites. we worked with 24 different nonprofits within the senior community and discussed with them what their clients could be interested in. san francisco seniors only had 20% adoption, and this is an underserved community. a lot of the older people have to deal with isolation. what we are doing, we have nine of the nonprofits -- the recipients are going to be coming in with many volunteers to do extensive training courses at all of these locations. we are working with a lighthouse for the blind and a number of others that will also help us with the assistive technology part, but we are going from the very basics fo

all of that for you and provide you the quarterly reports, again, that we will be providing to the ntia. >> if you could provide us written documentation of how you expect to get this money in the next coming weeks. i would like to get a report every six months in each of the different categories -- are these $8 million being put to best use across services for seniors, and digital accessibility, just understanding the impact of the dollars that go into this. this ought to be a technologically-impact full grant. we all know that it will have an impact beyond the fte's that it applies to the department. >> thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: could i add to that please? a similar question, and this does intersect a little bit. around 1998, 2002, the city had been showered upon, like many urban centers. federal grants and state grants for the setup of technology centers. to help those in disadvantaged communities, and parched communities. and a different age ranges, seniors and below, so that people can come before -- can become more familiar with the operation of a computer and building comp

government accountability office and is it your concern that if someone else work to do it, say the ntia which is an agency in the commerce commerce department commerce department that handles spectrum issues that there could be if you will conflict of interest between federal spectrum users and what the administration and the fcc want. why is it that the gao -- should do it? >> guest: well, it is an accounting office that doesn't have any preconceived conclusions, and i think that is an important one. the president -- we support universal wifi at. that is fine but please understand where they talk about it as rural connectivity, i am sorry, there is not a spectrum shortage in rural oregon where i am from. they never will be. the problem is an urban problem. and so we are just simply saying as he fixed the urban problem, don't damage the broadcast signal for rural places, which in some congressional districts, about 40% of the people depend on over the air television and don't have satellite or cable. and remember when you hear people say it is only 10%, who are those 10%? they tend to b

government accountability office, and is it your concern that if someone else were to do it, say the ntia which is an agency in the commerce department that handles spectrum issues, that there could be, if you will, a conflict of interest between federal spectrum users and what the administration and the fcc want? why is it that the gao should do it? >> guest: well, it's a credible -- it's an accounting office that doesn't have any preconceived conclusion, and i think that's an important one. the president, you know, we support universal wi-fi. that's fine. but, please, understand where they talk about it as rural connectivity, i'm sorry, there's not a spectrum shortage in rural oregon where i'm from. there never will be. the problem is an urban problem. and so we're just simply saying as you fix the urban problem, don't damage the broadcast signal for rural places which in some congressional districts, about 40% of the people defend on over-the-air television and don't have satellite or cable. and, remember, when you hear people say it's only 10%, who are those 10%? they tend to be the e

with or without legislation, the department ntia will continue to make data privacy a top priority.we will encourage this tickled as how best to develop codes of conduct -- interest stakeholders as to how best developed with the conduct -- how best to develop codes of conduct. we will work with congress and other stakeholders to develop consensus on reforms to our consumer data privacy policy framework. i look forward to working with this committee on the the important issue, starting with answer questions you have for me today. >> chairman liebowitz, let me start with you, if in. you mentioned a new icon advertisers are using. -10 is that just came on line in the last several weeks -- my impression is that that just came on line in the last several weeks. do you like what you see? >> we are encouraged by what we're seeing. the industry has been working, i think in good faith, on this icon notion the past two years. the pace of moving forward has become far more rapid since the summer hearings this committee held and that the energy and commerce committee held in the fall, and since

as the principle as provider to the president on communications and information policy, the ntia has been hard at work over two years with secretary locke's task force, department of commerce, and colleagues throughout the executive branch to conduct a broad assessment of how well our current policy framework for consumer data is serving consumers, businesses, and other participants in the internet economy. i would also like to thank, in particular, the federal trade commission for collaboratuation with us in its leadership over the years in addressing this important issue. to guide the overall agenda, the gerund policy task force including issues in addition to privacy, we focused on two key principles. the first is the idea of trust. it's imperative for the stainability and continued growth of the internet that we preserve the trust of all actors on the internet, and nowhere is this clearer than the context of consumer privacy. if users do not trust their personal information is safe on the internet, they will be reluctant to adopt new services. the second principle is that we want

as the principle as provider to the president on communications and information policy, the ntia hasbeen hard at work over two years with secretary locke's task force, department of commerce, and colleagues throughout the executive branch to conduct a broad assessment of how well our current policy framework for consumer data is serving consumers, businesses, and other participants in the internet economy. i would also like to thank, in particular, the federal trade commission for collaboratuation with us in its leadership over the years in addressing this important issue. to guide the overall agenda, the gerund policy task force including issues in addition to privacy, we focused on two key principles. the first is the idea of trust. it's imperative for the stainability and continued growth of the internet that we preserve the trust of all actors on the internet, and nowhere is this clearer than the context of consumer privacy. if users do not trust their personal information is safe on the internet, they will be reluctant to adopt new services. the second principle is that we want