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On May 5 and 6, staff from NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program presented an overview of the Connecting Minority Communities (CMC) Pilot Program, a $285 million grant program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Minority-Serving Institutions…
On April 28 and 29, staff from NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program presented an overview of the Broadband Infrastructure Program, a $300 million program to encourage partnerships between a state, or one or more political subdivisions of a state, and providers of fixed broadband service to support broadband…
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…
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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Volume 6 | Issue 2 | February 2021
Policy Corner: Broadband Grant Programs
By 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…