Policy Positions | National Digital Inclusion Alliance

Senator Murray introduces Digital Equity Act of 2019

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...

NDIA to OCC: Let banks seek CRA credit for digital inclusion support

by Bill Callahan | Nov 25, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

NDIA has asked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the U.S. Treasury Department agency which serves as the Federal regulator for many of the nation’s banks, to allow those banks to seek Community Reinvestment Act credit for their financial...

NDIA to FCC: “Closing digital divide” means your annual broadband report should look at affordability, digital redlining

by Bill Callahan | Sep 18, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

NDIA has called on the Federal Communications Commission to prove its commitment to “closing the digital divide” by adding home broadband affordability, the broadband adoption rates of low income households, and the digital redlining of urban neighborhoods...

NDIA urges USDA rural broadband program to push for affordability

by Bill Callahan | Sep 11, 2018 | Policy Positions

NDIA has submitted comments to the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS), urging the agency to treat affordability for lower-income rural residents as a key factor in implementing its E-Connectivity Pilot, a new grant and loan program for...

NDIA asks FCC to preserve EBS for digital inclusion

by Bill Callahan | Aug 8, 2018 | Policy Positions

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance today submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on proposed new rules that could reduce future allocations of “Educational Broadband Service” (EBS) spectrum to local school systems, colleges and...

White Paper – Tier Flattening

by Angela Siefer | Jul 31, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

Today NDIA released a new white paper: “Tier Flattening: AT&T and Verizon Home Customers Pay a High Price for Slow Internet”. You can read or download a PDF copy at NDIA Tier Flattening July 2018. Summary: In recent years AT&T and Verizon, the...

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Definition: Digital Equity

Digital Equity is a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy and economy. Digital Equity is necessary for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services.

Definition: Digital Inclusion

Digital Inclusion refers to the activities necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This includes 5 elements: 1) affordable, robust broadband internet service; 2) internet-enabled devices that meet the needs of the user; 3) access to digital literacy training; 4) quality technical support; and 5) applications and online content designed to enable and encourage self-sufficiency, participation and collaboration. Digital Inclusion must evolve as technology advances. Digital Inclusion requires intentional strategies and investments to reduce and eliminate historical, institutional and structural barriers to access and use technology.

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