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BroadbandUSA’s October Webinar, Digital Inclusion and K-12 Education: The Impact of COVID-19 on Students and Educators, focused on the challenges that communities and schools are facing during the pandemic. The panel of community leaders also highlighted longstanding issue of digital inclusion…
Vol 5 | Issue 11 | November 2020
Policy Corner: BroadbandUSA’s New Digital Inclusion Webpage
By Adam Candeub, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, performing the delegated duties of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and…
In mid-September, BroadbandUSA’s State Broadband Leaders Network (SBLN) held its semiannual Summit to discuss broadband issues and policy at the state level. NTIA provided an update on its National Broadband Availability Map (NBAM) and introduced BroadbandUSA’s new State Broadband Mapping…
NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program has added a new digital inclusion section to its website. This webpage compiles resources and program information from federal agencies as well as state and local governments that are working across the country to close gaps in broadband adoption and use,…
Vol 5 | Issue 10 | October 2020
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Policy Corner: Another Successful Spectrum Policy Symposium
By Adam Candeub, Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
September marked the launch of NTIA’s…
BroadbandUSA’s September webinar, Smart Agriculture: Driving Innovation in Rural America, focused on efforts by federal agencies, universities, and other organizations to develop and deploy smart agriculture technologies and the ways these new technologies can aid agricultural planning and…
Vol 5 | Issue 9 | August 2020To sign up for BroadbandUSA's newsletter, email [email protected] Corner: NTIA Seeks Input on Internet Use SurveyBy Adam Candeub, Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications and InformationFor a quarter century, NTIA has partnered with the U.…
Vol 5 | Issue 8 | August 2020To sign up for BroadbandUSA's newsletter, email [email protected] Corner: NTIA's National Broadband Availability Map Hits New MilestonesBy Doug Kinkoph, Associate Administrator performing the delegated duties of the Assistant Secretary for…
NTIA launched the Minority Broadband Initiative (MBI) in November 2019 in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to work on solving deployment challenges in vulnerable communities. As part of that ongoing effort,…
NTIA’s National Broadband Availability Map (NBAM) has added Indiana and Georgia to its growing roster of participants. These additions closely follow the incorporation of Wyoming and Washington State to the broadband platform earlier this month. To date, NBAM includes 22 states.The NBAM is a…