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This report provides key findings regarding America's K-12 "homework gap." The analysis of new data illustrates how the digital divide affects every state and every type of community, but the divide is more pronounced in rural communities and for Latinx, Black, and Native American households.
This article explains the Digital US Coalition’s Digital Navigator program. The goals of the program focus on digital inclusion, such as providing tech support, internet access and devices, and opportunities for digital skills and job training.
A guide for municipal leaders seeking to bring broadband to unserved areas of Virginia. The paper outlines the benefits of broadband, the challenges of deploying broadband in rural regions, available federal support, and a step-by-step process for leaders to follow.
This analysis from Heartland Forward examines the 2021 IIJA and comes up with four key principles—stressing public investments, community involvement, regulations and standards, and economic growth—designed to ensure the money is being spent efficiently and in service of the communities the law is intended to help.
A paper that looks at the potential benefits of deploying broadband in rural areas of Indiana served by electric cooperatives. While the report sees broadband as an attractive investment for the regions, the study raises questions about whether the anticipated revenue would be able to cover the total system costs.
A webpage that defines telehealth and telemedicine and provides links to resources for further clarification.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enhances the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program so that it can better aid in the delivery of broadband to some of the areas with the worst connectivity in the country. Enhancements include time extensions for grantees, more flexibility, and an extra $2 billion in funding.
This article calls for transformative broadband policies that support economic resilience in every household, in particular within the context of Black History Month. It attacks the lingering viewpoint that broadband is a luxury, which has denied economic opportunities from the poorest and most disadvantaged populations.
This report highlights the status of broadband deployment on tribal lands and provides an overview of the federal funding programs available to subsidize broadband deployment on tribal lands prior to the pandemic.
This article looks at the potential role of electric cooperatives in addressing the market failures that have left millions of Americans without broadband. It highlights the parallels to rural electrification and explores how these cooperatives are well positioned to provide broadband infrastructure.
This article highlights how the FCC is considering setting rates for the Rural Health Care Program, how it's prioritizing funding, and dealing with equity and inclusion issues.
This planning guide is designed to help communities start developing a community broadband plan. It includes a series of checklists for performing a Market Analysis, Community Survey, Data Analysis, Definition of Network Purpose and Function, Business Plan, Construction, and Operations and Maintenance.
This report presents the results of a national survey of households with annual incomes of $50,000 or less and how during the pandemic they faced difficulties paying their internet bills. It includes information about how broadband discount programs still struggle from a lack of awareness.
This article from January 2019 describes how several states have changed their laws to now allow electric co-ops to offer broadband. The new legislation occurred in Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and Oklahoma.
A hearing by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology about broadband infrastructure. The 200-minute video features committee members and witnesses from the telecommunications industry discussing legislation to expand broadband into rural areas.
This resource shares results of a Pew Research Center survey that explores the disproportionate relationship between people with disabilities and digital device ownership and use.
A report exploring how FCC data fail to accurately or completely reflect broadband access on Tribal lands, and how this reality has implications, such as limiting Tribes' ability to access federal funding opportunities.
The FCC updates the definition of "library" in its rules to provide clarity regarding the eligibility of Tribal libraries and to promote increased participation of underrepresented Tribal libraries in the E-Rate program.
This interview with Doug Dawson, president of CCG Consulting, focuses on the rural broadband market. The topics discussed include who provides service in those areas, what the challenges are for expansion, and how these networks are funded.
This overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) dives into IoT’s history and its various communications models. It highlights security issues, privacy considerations, interoperability and standards issues, and legal and regulatory issues, as well as challenges related to emerging economies.
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