by Bill Callahan | Jun 18, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
NDIA has joined with the Communications Workers of America and Public Knowledge to submit a “friend of the Court” brief in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a Federal Communications Commission order that preempts municipal authority over the use of public...
by Bill Callahan | Apr 30, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
NDIA is launching a new, dedicated website for the Digital Equity Act of 2019: https://www.digitalequityact.org/. The new site features: — Links to the bill’s Congress.Gov page, which has the full text, an updated list of sponsors, committee status and...
by Bill Callahan | Apr 11, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
In a major development for community digital inclusion advocates, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) today introduced the “Digital Equity Act”, which would authorize more than $1 billion in Federal grant funding over the next five years to support digital...
by Bill Callahan | Apr 2, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News
NDIA has published the PDF version and an online version of the Digital Inclusion Startup Manual, a new guidebook for local individuals, organizations and institutions that are “looking to increase access and use of technology in disadvantaged communities...
by Bill Callahan | Mar 26, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News
Government Technology magazine has named NDIA Executive Director Angela Siefer one of its “Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers” of 2019. The magazine, whose online portal is Govtech.com, says its list is “a way to honor those who toiled, often...
