by Bill Callahan | Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance today joined 216 other public interest, government, industry, civil rights, rural advocacy, and academic groups — alongside schools and libraries — in a letter to Congressional leaders calling for forthcoming...
by Bill Callahan | Apr 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News
NDIA is cited frequently in an article posted this week by Ars Technica on the differences and gaps in free and low-cost plans being offered by some major Internet Service Providers in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The online journal’s Jon Brodkin points out...
by Bill Callahan | Apr 9, 2020 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
NDIA has submitted comments to the U.S. Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), asking the agency to include digital inclusion programs among the “community support services” for which a bank’s financial support can bolster...
by Bill Callahan | Mar 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
NDIA has released the following statement by Executive Director Angela Siefer on the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: March 30, 2020 On Friday the House of Representatives passed and President Trump signed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act...
by Bill Callahan | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News
During the last two weeks, most of the nation’s large internet service providers have responded to the COVID-19 emergency by launching free or very low-cost rate plans, designed to help more residents get and stay on line in order to cope with the sudden new...
