This webinar is meant to give applicants who have little to no experience with federal grants administration an introduction to the grants lifecycle and important roles and responsibilities throughout the life cycle of the grant.
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Past Events
NTIA will discuss the next stage in the Digital Equity Act grant programs and how Native Entities (Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities, and Native Hawaiian organizations) can reduce barriers to digital equity in their communities. Speakers will discuss the Digital Equity Native Entity Application that opens on Wednesday, September 25.
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September 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of completing award announcements for the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program. Come join NTIA leadership and the Middle Mile Program team to recognize the work of recipients and their program milestones.
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As states begin to implement the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, NTIA and states are working to ensure that there is a skilled and ready workforce to address forthcoming construction needs for high-speed Internet deployment. Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are getting ready for this demand by developing apprenticeship…
On Tuesday, July 23 and Wednesday, July 24, 2024, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) co-hosted a multi-agency broadband permitting summit at the BLM National Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Over 150 participants registered to hear 13 federal agencies explain in detail…
The Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program provides funding for the expansion and extension of middle mile infrastructure across U.S. states and territories. In total, the program allocated $980 million to fund projects for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure covering more than 370 counties…
The Connecting Minority Communities Pilot (CMC) Program is a $268 million grant program to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) for the purchase of broadband internet access service and eligible equipment or to hire and train information technology…
The Broadband Infrastructure Program (BIP) is a $288M broadband deployment program for grantees who have formed partnerships between a state, or one or more political subdivisions of a state, and providers of fixed broadband service to support infrastructure deployment to areas lacking broadband, especially rural areas. The program launched in…
Every time you access your email, join a video conference call or back up the photos on your smartphone, you rely on cloud computing. The cloud delivers computing resources over the Internet, such as storage, software, and services, creating a complex supply chain requiring extensive security protocols. This webinar will provide an overview of…
The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides $42.45 billion in funding to states, territories and the District of Columbia for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption activities. NTIA issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on May 13, 2022…