Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Blogs
NTIA has reached a major milestone on the road to connecting everyone in America to affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service. As of today, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five territories participating in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program have…
November 14, 2024
By: Jill Springer, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, NTIA
Programmatic Permitting Solutions Accelerate Broadband Deployments While Safeguarding Endangered Species
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…