MTA President meets with DEED

Brent J. Christensen, President and CEO of the Minnesota Telecom Alliance met with Minnesota DEED Commissioner Phillips this morning, September 21st.  They talked about the telework summit and asked them to look at adding a “Statewide Telework” location field to their jobforce website, which DEED agreed to look into.  They also talked about the white paper the Center for Rural Policy and Development is doing on the economic impact of telcos in MN and how the FCC is working on changes to USF/ICC that will significantly impact what and how we do business.  The meeting will be followed up in November with a meeting between DEED and the Minnesota Telecom Alliance Economic Development Committee to discuss mutual areas where we could promote economic development in rural Minnesota.