As an unprecedented amount of funding has become available for broadband deployments, several states have taken steps to direct funding toward low-income areas and public housing. A new post from the Pew Charitable Trusts Broadband Access Initiative explores various approaches…
Public library broadband is a valuable source for the “digitally marginalized,” according to a new study from the University of Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research Telecompetitor readers understand the important role that public libraries can play in providing…
Madison – April 7, 2023 – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) awarded grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s ‘Internet for All’ Initiative, including the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Workforce Planning Program and Digital Equity…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has continued the fast pace of announcements of planning grants for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. The NTIA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced another set of planning grants for its Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. BEAD is a $42.45 billion program and Digital Equity is a $2.75 billion program….
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced planning grants to Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and Rhode Island in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The planning grants total $29,571,055.05. In…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced that Nebraska received its first grants under the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program and the Digital Equity Act programs. The state is receiving $5.59 million in…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded Idaho planning grants totaling nearly $5 million for the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The funding will be used to plan how the state…
As trusted community-based institutions, libraries are “uniquely positioned” to support digital equity and literacy programs that have become a key U.S. policy initiative, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA). The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
North Carolina is launching the state’s first digital equity grant program, designed to help state residents afford high-speed internet, obtain digital devices, and access digital literacy resources. The $24 million, multi-phased program, administered by the state’s Department of Information Technology’s…
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