Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Blogs
July 30, 2024
Will Arbuckle, Senior Policy Advisor, NTIA
Earlier this year, NTIA released a narrow and targeted Build America, Buy America (BABA) waiver for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The waiver requires certain equipment be produced in the U.S., while waiving the domestic…
May 24, 2023
By Margaret Harding McGill, NTIA
Robyn Johnson found out the hard way just how little her Internet bandwidth could carry when COVID-19 struck.
Her bandwidth hit its limit when her high school and elementary school-aged children tried to attend classes online while she instructed classes of her…
May 18, 2022
On May 11, staff from NTIA’s Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG) held a fifth technical assistance webinar prior to the release of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the broadband programs authorized under the Broadband Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure and…
March 30, 2022
On March 23, staff from NTIA’s Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth held the second technical assistance webinar prior to the release of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act broadband programs. On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the…
March 16, 2022
On March 9, staff from NTIA’s Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth held the first technical assistance webinar prior to the release of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act broadband programs. On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the…
August 31, 2021
On August 23 and 24, staff from NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program held webinars to provide attendees an opportunity to ask questions related to the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP), as the application deadline approaches. The TBCP intends to make $980 million in awards to Native American,…
August 18, 2021
On August 11 and 12, staff from NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program held webinars to provide attendees an opportunity to ask questions related to Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) applications as the application deadline approaches. The TBCP intends to make $980 million in awards to Tribal…
July 29, 2021
The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) intends to make $980 million in awards to Tribal governments to be used for broadband deployment on tribal lands, as well as for telehealth, distance learning, broadband affordability, and digital inclusion. On July 21 and 22, staff from NTIA’s…
June 23, 2021
On June 16 and 17, staff from NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program provided further detail regarding the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. This program intends to make $980 million in awards to Tribal governments to be used for broadband deployment on tribal lands, as well as for telehealth, distance…
April 29, 2021
17 million Americans lack access to broadband, including residents on 20.9% of Tribal lands and 17.2% of rural land, and lack of access to and adoption of broadband is the focus of ongoing efforts by the Department of Commerce to aid in the deployment of necessary infrastructure to communities with…