Blair Levin, the man in charge of the FCC's national broadband plan, wasn't impressed with the first round of public input on how best to achieve our national broadband goals. According to Levin, "sloppiness" and the "lack of seriousness and purpose" in most comments weren't useful to the agency in formulating a plan. Don't cry however, as it looks like you'll be given another chance to impress Mr. Levin. The FCC's new broadband-focused website has listed a slew of public workshops aimed at hashing through various broadband policy issues.

The FCC this week invited the public to contribute their thoughts on the list, or to add additional subjects for discussion. So far, the list of workshops include everything from how broadband can't improve health care, to issues surrounding wireless markets and spectrum use. In a press release, new FCC boss Julius Genachowski insists the workshops are the roots of a transparent process:The FCC is scheduled to unveil the plan to Congress by February 16, 2010. While the agency has stated that they'll (frighteningly for the first time) use scientifically-sound data in making policy decisions, Genachowski's otherwise been very murky in terms of what concrete ideas he plans to bring to the table.