Nearly 1 million jobs could be created by IT stimulus package, think tank says - Network World

“Although projects to improve the country’s traditional physical infrastructure (e.g., roads, bridges, sewer systems) are necessary and important, investments in certain parts of our national information technology (IT) infrastructure—America’s digital infrastructure—will have a greater positive impact on jobs, productivity, and innovation,” ITIF president and report lead author Robert Atkinson writes.

Pumping $30 billion into American’s IT infrastructure this year would create 949,000 jobs, 525,000 of which would be in businesses with fewer than 500 employees, ITIF says. The report’s proposed spending would be divided evenly in three areas: broadband networks, health IT and a smart power grid.

Nearly 1 million jobs could be created by IT stimulus package, think tank says - Network World