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Utah

State broadband website(s)

NTIA Federal Program Officer and State broadband contact(s)

Vikram Ravi, NTIA BEAD Federal Program Officer
Rebecca Dilg, Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity | Utah Broadband Center, (801) 538-8681
Claire Warnick, Program Manager, Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity | Utah Broadband Center, (801) 450-6682
Lynne Yocom, Fiber Optics Manager, Utah Department of Transportation, (801) 514-4565
Elizabeth Henrikson, Program Specialist
Robert Busch, Financial Analyst
Samantha Tiburcio Escalante, Program Support Specialist
Steve Greene, Technical Program Manager
Sara Edgar, Program Specialist
Lindsey Thurgood, Program Manager

State broadband coordinators

The Utah Broadband Center in the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity is the state’s broadband office. It works to ensure that publicly funded broadband projects are accessible and provide a public benefit, develops the statewide digital connectivity plan, and administers the Broadband Access Grant Program.

Digital Inclusion Programs

Local initiatives:

Salt Lake City

Locality Website: 

Digital Equity in Salt Lake City

 

Locality contact: 

Nole Walkingshaw

Chief Innovation Officer

Salt Lake City Innovation Team

[email protected]

 

Elizabeth Buehler

Innovation Team Lead

Salt Lake City Innovation Team

[email protected]

 

Hailey Leek

Senior Innovation Consultant

Salt Lake City Innovation Team

[email protected]

 

Digital Equity/Inclusion Coordinator:

Salt Lake City Information Management Services, Innovation Team

 

Digital Equity/Inclusion Resources:

City Connect: Salt Lake City partnered with Comcast to provide free public Wi-Fi to community centers and parks throughout the city.

 

Digital Equity/Inclusion Plan:

2020 Salt Lake City Digital Equity Policy

OICG Report

Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program

BEAD Program Award Total
$317,399,741.54

Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program

Total Funds Awarded (TBCP)
$16,354,541.53
State Code
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