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  • MAY 30, 2024 | BLOG

    Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: A Q+A with Angela Thi Bennett
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    Building Digital Programming to Support Second Chances
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  • APRIL 16, 2023 | BLOG

    Permitting Progress to Support Internet for All
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Internet For All is already changing lives. Learn more about how increasing access to high-speed Internet service is improving the lives of every day Americans across the country.

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  • From Intern to Career Advisor: Workforce Development in Southern Los Angeles

    Estephanie (Stephanie) Solano sees herself as a vessel for change.

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  • New IT Skills Help Three Arizona Students Change Careers

    NTIA awarded Phoenix College more than $4.25 million from the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program to improve high-speed Internet service capacity and workforce development training.

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  • A Retired Veteran Returns to College

    Sterling Williams Jr. was retired from the U.S. Airforce, bored, and looking for a fulfilling way to spend his time. “When you’re retired, there’s only a few things you can do: dig a garden, watch TV, cut the grass, or bowl, and I can’t [bowl] anymore,” said Williams, 62, a Sinton, Texas resident. But his niece suggested something else: going to college. Williams was intrigued but concerned about keeping a flexible schedule. Between picking his niece up from school and waiting for appointments at the Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic, the idea of commuting back and forth for classes seemed like a significant obstacle. Then he learned South Texas College would give him a laptop and hotspot to attend classes remotely.
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Workforce Development

  • SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 | BLOG

    Connecting neighbors to high-speed Internet service in rural Texas
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  • AUGUST 16, 2023 | CASE STUDY

    Charter’s Broadband Field Technician Apprenticeship Program
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  • JULY 19, 2023 | CASE STUDY

    Verizon and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Training Program
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  • Ramping Up the BEAD Workforce: 5 Things States, ISPs, and Construction Firms Can Be Doing Now

    Will Arbuckle, Senior Policy Advisor, NTIA
    The $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program aims to connect 25 million Americans currently without high-speed Internet access. Building these broadband networks on time and at scale across 56 states and territories will require tens of thousands of broadband construction workers: from network designers to pole surveyors, from locators to drill operators, from general laborers to fiber splicers. 

  • Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: Empowering Native Communities Through Digital Equity

    By: Margaret Gutierrez, Division Chief for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity and Nation-to-Nation Coordination Division, and Angela Thi Bennett, Digital Equity Director, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, NTIA
    This November, as we observe Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate the rich history, culture, and enduring contributions of Native communities across the United States.

  • Every State and Territory is Ready to Implement Internet for All

    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 approved Internet for All plans.  These plans outline how each state and territory will connect every one of their residents to the Internet.

  • Three Years of High-Speed Internet Infrastructure Investment

    Three years ago today, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The BIL included $65 billion to connect everyone in America to reliable, affordable high-speed Internet service while providing connected devices and digital skills training to those who need it.

  • Connecting Communities, Protecting Wildlife

    By: Jill Springer, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, NTIA
    Programmatic Permitting Solutions Accelerate Broadband Deployments While Safeguarding Endangered SpeciesThe National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are working together to significantly accelerate Endangered Species Act (ESA) reviews for Internet for All projects.