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Vol 4 | Issue 5 | June 2019
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Cutting the Cord: NTIA Data Show Shift to Streaming Video as Consumers Drop Pay-TV
Summary of blog by Edward Carlson, Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis and Development
Americans…
Vol 4 | Issue 4 | May 2019
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Digital Economy Accounted for 6.9 Percent of GDP in 2017
Highlights of blog by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and cross-posted by NTIA.
The digital economy accounted for…
Vol 4 | Issue 3 | April 2019
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Cybersecurity Traing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
As the daily lives of Americans rely on computer-driven and interconnected technologies, our prosperity and security…
Vol 4 | Issue 2| March 2019
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American Broadband Initiative: The Administration’s Strategy for Promoting Broadband Connectivity
This report outlines actions that Executive agencies are…
As the importance of broadband connectivity continues to grow for economic development, state and local or regional planning commissions, such as the Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, are including broadband in their planning. The federal government provides…
by David Redl, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator
Expanding America’s broadband connectivity is critical to our nation’s economy, and a top priority for President Trump and the Department of Commerce. Today, we join with our partners in government to…
Cross-posted from the White House.
We have to make sure American farmers and their families, wherever they may be, wherever they may go, have the infrastructure projects that they need to compete and grow.
President Donald J. Trump
BUILDING STRONGER RURAL COMMUNITIES:…
Vol 4 | Issue 1| February 2019
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Digital Divide Among School-Age Children Narrows, but Millions Still Lack Internet Connections
by Rafi Goldberg, Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis and Development
America continues…
By Douglas Kinkoph, Associate Administrator Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications
NTIA has a long history of working to close the digital divide. Unfortunately, there are still nearly 25 million Americans still lack access to broadband connectivity and of those, 19 million live…
Many small communities across the country struggle to bring advanced broadband to their residents. What they lack in size, they often make up with diversity of their economies, populations, geography, and technology providers. Public-private partnerships (PPP) can help local government…