NTIA Continues Non-Deployment Listening Sessions
We’ve been…well, listening in to the listening sessions held by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding the use of potential Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program non-deployment
Stakeholders Talk, NTIA Listens on How Best to Deploy BEAD Nondeployment Funds
Friday, February 13, 2026 Stakeholders Talk, NTIA Listens on How Best to DeployBEAD Nondeployment Funds Tepper States, territories, and their communities that lack sufficient internet access have been wondering
NTIA Signals It Will Follow Law on Non-Deployment Funds, But Wants More Ideas
Close to a 1,000 broadband-minded registrants attended a listening session on how to spend an estimated $21 billion in “non-deployment” funds states should have at their disposal from the federal
NTIA to Reform Tribal Program
This week in “What’s New in Digital Equity” — our weekly look at government digital equity and broadband news — we have a number of interesting items, which you can
Public Interest Groups Urge NTIA to Keep Community Anchor Institutions Definition ‘Flexible’
NTIA Groups warn that senior centers, houses of worship could be excluded from BEAD. Photo of seniors partaking in a digital skills training course, by AARP. Source link
Broadband groups urge NTIA to let states define ‘community anchor institutions’ for BEAD funds
In a letter sent Monday to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, two advocacy groups urged the agency to allow states to define what constitutes a community anchor institution under
NTIA Limits Community Anchor Institution BEAD Eligibility
Stratton What is a community anchor institution? The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently changed its answer to this question. The change will affect which
NTIA Releases Proposed Questions for 2025 Internet Use Survey
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released its proposal for the November 2025 Internet Use Survey. The agency’s proposed survey, released Monday, would ask
NTIA Releases Proposed Questions for 2025 Internet Use Survey
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released its proposal for the November 2025 Internet Use Survey. The agency’s proposed survey, released Monday, would ask
USDA, NTIA Receive Budget Cuts in Fiscal Year 2026
BEAD ReConnect eliminated; Digital Equity funding cut short Photo of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaking with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in