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 Josh Mimura | Dec 9, 2021 | ACP, BEAD, Digital Equity Act, Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as recently passed by Congress, appropriates over $65 billion to states, local governments, community organizations, and other entities for a range of digital inclusion activities. To help you better understand and navigate...
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...
by Yvette Scorse | Nov 6, 2021 | Digital Equity Act, Digital Inclusion News
Infrastructure Bill Includes Billions in Digital Inclusion Funding Press Contact: Yvette Scorse, communications director, [email protected] Today the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2021 passed in the House, meaning the biggest federal investment ever in...
by Amy Huffman | Sep 24, 2021 | Capital Projects Fund, Digital Inclusion News
More money (and lots of it) will soon be available for digital inclusion work, and no, we’re not just talking about the infrastructure bill. This week, the US Department of the Treasury released its long-awaited guidance for how states, territories, freely associated...