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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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  • 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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  • Case Study: Verizon and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Training Program

    Verizon and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have collective bargaining agreements in place that, among other things, provide for high quality training programs. In particular, Labor and Management committees cooperate and provide input on personal and career development, training and curriculum, program recommendations, program evaluation, and employee participation.

  • Building the Nation’s Internet Pipes

    Sarah Bleau
    Middle mile networks are the unsung heroes of Internet connectivity – the workhorses that carry large amounts of data over long distances.  Think of the Internet as pipes: The plumbing that serves a skyscraper with hundreds or thousands of people is much bigger than the pipe that comes into a single-family home. If you used that little pipe for the skyscraper, you couldn't possibly meet the needs of all residents.

  • NTIA Receives More Than 250 Comments to Inform Digital Equity Act Programs

    Angela Thi Bennett, Director of Digital Equity, NTIA
    News Media Contact: NTIA, Office of Public Affairs, [email protected] 

  • Case Study: Bossier Parish Community College | Fiber Optic Technician Bootcamp in Bossier Camp, Louisiana

    As the Internet continues to become more relevant and essential to our daily lives, it’s increasingly critical to ensure that telecommunications infrastructure is reliable, secure, and capable of meeting the demand. Paired with the rapid pace of technological advancement and the digital transformation of more and more industries and sectors, the world is facing a pressing need for a skilled workforce who can meet the demands of the 21st century economy. That’s where workforce development comes in.

  • Three Takeaways from Version 2 of the FCC’s National Broadband Map

    Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Version 2 of the National Broadband Map. This is an important step in meeting President Biden’s goal of connecting everyone in America to affordable, reliable, high-speed Internet service.