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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…
April 29, 2021
Latest Updates
Webinar Series: 2021 NTIA Grant Programs
NTIA will hold a webinar series on the three new broadband grant programs authorized and funded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Program, Tribal Broadband Connectivity, and Connecting Minority…
April 15, 2021
Help America Advance its National Objective of Broadband Access for All!
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce is soliciting experts to evaluate grant proposals for the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program. The program…
March 31, 2021
In accordance with the Department of Commerce’s tribal consultation policy, tribal leaders and/or tribal representatives were invited to participate in government to government virtual National Tribal Consultation sessions to provide advice and insights as NTIA staff work through critical issues…
March 22, 2021
March Webinar Materials Are on the BroadbandUSA Website
On Wednesday, March 17, BroadbandUSA hosted its March webinar on NTIA’s Grant Programs in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The recording from that webinar is available now on the NTIA YouTube channel.
The transcripts and slide…
March 18, 2021
Join NTIA for a webinar series starting in April 2021 focused on the three new broadband grant programs authorized and funded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: the Broadband Infrastructure Program, the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, and the Connecting Minority Communities…
February 24, 2021
Over the last few months, NTIA’s National Broadband Availability Map (NBAM) added Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Montana, New York, Oklahoma and Vermont to its growing roster of state participants. To date, the NBAM includes 30 states and four federal agencies: US Department of Agriculture (…
February 10, 2021
Volume 6 | Issue 2 | February 2021
Policy Corner: Broadband Grant ProgramsBy Doug Kinkoph, Associate Administrator
NTIA Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications
It has been a busy start to 2021 here at NTIA. NTIA’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is laying the groundwork…
February 1, 2021
NTIA is committed to increasing broadband Internet access across America, particularly in unserved and underserved communities. The recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 provides new sources of tribal broadband funding to assist in mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…
January 4, 2021
Volume 6 | Issue 1 | January 2021
Policy Corner: States & Broadband in 2020By Katherine Bates, Manager of State & Local Partnerships
BroadbandUSA
Broadband Internet access has always been a vital part of the modern economy, but nearly every aspect of American life has been brought…