Date:
February 04, 2022
NTIA will host a pre-Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) technical assistance webinar series in March–May 2022 in connection with the five new broadband grant programs authorized and funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program; the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program; and the Digital Equity Act Programs, which include the State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, and Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program. These pre-NOFO technical assistance webinars are designed to help prospective applicants understand NTIA’s IIJA broadband grant programs and to assist applicants to prepare high quality grant applications.
NTIA will hold these webinars based on the following schedule:
- IIJA Broadband Programs Pre-NOFO Technical Assistance Webinar #1: Wednesday, March 9, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET);
- IIJA Broadband Programs Pre-NOFO Technical Assistance Webinar #2: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m. ET;
- IIJA Broadband Programs Pre-NOFO Technical Assistance Webinar #3: Wednesday, April 6, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m. ET;
- IIJA Broadband Programs Pre-NOFO Technical Assistance Webinar #4: Wednesday, April 27, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m. ET; and
- IIJA Broadband Programs Pre-NOFO Technical Assistance Webinar #5: Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m. ET.
These webinars will be hosted via NTIA’s virtual platform and conducted as a live webinars. NTIA will post the registration information on its BroadbandUSA website at https:// broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/events/ latest-events.
For further information contact Maci Morin, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4872, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2048; email: BroadbandForAll@ntia.gov. Please direct media inquiries to NTIA’s Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482–7002; email press@ntia.gov.