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title: "The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America"
summary: |-
  Join ITIF to discuss findings from a new report that gives a detailed analysis and estimate of the short-term jobs impacts of spurring investment in three critical digital networks: broadband, the smart grid and health IT.
date: "2009-01-07"
issues: ["Productivity"]
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/events/2009/01/07/digital-road-recovery-stimulus-plan-create-jobs-boost-productivity-and-revitalize/"
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# The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America

**Location:** The National Press Club, 529 Fourteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC, District Of Columbia, 20005

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](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/03hnmfyj/production/94ab42e0b7cad556769b15217f94ac166fd778ee.pdf)*. 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.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/events/2009/01/07/digital-road-recovery-stimulus-plan-create-jobs-boost-productivity-and-revitalize/*