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For the First Time, All States will have a Plan to Address Digital Equity

MAY 30, 2024 | BLOG

Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: A Q+A with Angela Thi Bennett

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APRIL 26, 2024 | BLOG

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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A $300 million down payment on Internet For All
NTIA ended 2022 by awarding $304 million in funding to every state, along with Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, for planning how to best deploy networks to connect everyone in America to affordable, reliable, high-speed Internet service. States are set to receive a historic influx of funding to expand high-speed Internet service thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The planning grants awarded in 2022 are down payments so the states can prepare to use the coming billions in broadband funding effectively.
Advancing Internet For All
In order to meet the urgency of this moment to connect the unconnected, we continue to target June 30 as the date by which we will allocate each state and territory’s BEAD Program funding for high-speed Internet service. NTIA and the FCC have worked closely with states to assist them in the process of improving the National Broadband Map to achieve this goal.
2022: A Year of Big Moves for NTIA
Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson
NTIA is like a start-up within the federal government, despite being nearly 45 years old. We’ve had the explosive growth of a new organization in my first year at the helm: Over one third of current NTIA staff was not here when I took the oath of office in January. While NTIA is still a small agency by government standards, we punched above our weight class in 2022. We delivered on programs to improve Internet connectivity while also notching big wins on spectrum policy, international standards, and other important tech policy issues.
NTIA Features 40 Local Government’s Digital Equity and Inclusion Resources
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is facilitating extensive coordination and cooperation with key stakeholders to close the digital divide. Digital equity and inclusion activities are necessary to ensure that all individuals in the United States have access to, and the use of, affordable information and communication technologies. Localities representing historically excluded communities can and must make their voices heard to ensure that longstanding equity gaps are finally closed.
OMBI Identifies Barriers, Helps Close the Digital Divide
Marking one year of expanding high-speed Internet access in minority communities, NTIA’s Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives (OMBI) today released its inaugural Annual Report. This report, required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), details OMBI’s accomplishments over the office’s first year, identifies barriers to high-speed Internet access in minority communities, and outlines the office’s role in achieving digital equity across the United States.