by Amy Huffman | Feb 8, 2022 | BEAD, Digital Inclusion News, Policy, Policy Positions
If 2021 was about writing, passing, and signing into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), 2022 will be about figuring out how best to spend the $1.2 trillion it allocates. While Congress outlined some guidelines in the legislation around how the $65...
by Amy Huffman | Jan 18, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy, State & Local Funding
On January 6, the Department of Treasury released the Final Rule for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF), updating and superseding the Interim Final Rule (IFR) beginning April 1, 2022. Until then, the IFR remains in effect, but awardees can...
by Amy Huffman | Nov 17, 2021 | Digital Inclusion News
By Amy Huffman, policy director, and Josh Mimura, NDIA fellow Today hearings began to consider President Joe Biden’s nominees for key positions at federal agencies now tasked with administering the new digital equity activities and programs funded by the...
by Amy Huffman | Nov 17, 2021 | Digital Inclusion News
By Amy Huffman, policy director, and Josh Mimura, NDIA fellow On October 29, NDIA submitted comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) urging them to continue recognizing digital inclusion projects and programs that serve low- and moderate-income...
by Amy Huffman | Nov 16, 2021 | BEAD, Digital Equity Act, Digital Inclusion News
By Amy Huffman, policy director, and Josh Mimura, NDIA fellow Finally! After months of negotiations, many hours in the drafting “room,” lots of speculation, and some hand-wringing (on our part at least), President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and...
