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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Public Library Directors and Branch Librarians,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please participate in a short survey created by <a href="http://www.connectmi.org/">Connect Michigan</a>. The survey will collect Public Library download speeds as a part of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/">NTIA</a>) data submission in September. The survey is very brief and includes a test to determine download speed. The information collected, will be used to inform NTIA’s <a href="http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/">Broadband USA</a> initiative and the <a href="http://broadbandmap.gov/">National Broadband Map</a>. Please complete the survey before August 31<sup>st</sup>, 2013.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>If your library has multiple branches please complete a survey for each location.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9RHTWMX">Please click<span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span>here to complete the survey<span style='font-size:11.0pt'>.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#444444'>NTIA is the Executive Branch agency that is principally responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA’s programs and policymaking focus largely on expanding broadband Internet access and adoption in America, expanding the use of spectrum by all users, and ensuring that the Internet remains an engine for continued innovation and economic growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#656565;background:#FAFAFA'>Connect Michigan, in partnership with the Michigan Public Service Commission, supports Michigan's reinvention and technological transformation through innovation, job creation, and entrepreneurship via the expansion of broadband technology and increased usage by Michigan residents. Connect Michigan is leading the effort to increase high-speed Internet access, adoption, and use to diversify the economy and ensure Michigan's competitiveness in the connected global economy of the twenty-first century.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:#FAFAFA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:#FAFAFA'>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Joseph Hamlin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Library Data Coordinator <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>702 West Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>P.O. Box 30007<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Lansing, MI 48909-7507<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Ph: 517-373-3828<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Email: <a href="mailto:hamlinj2@michigan.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>hamlinj2@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>URL: <a href="http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#76923C'>Visit the Michigan eLibrary at</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#76923C'> </span><a href="http://mel.org/"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#76923C'>http://mel.org</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:#FAFAFA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>