by Angela Siefer | Mar 26, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion, Policy Positions
Recent FCC “Broadband Deployment Report” states 95% of Americans have access to 25/3 broadband. This number is influenced by the inclusion of satellite service as broadband. THIS IS A PROBLEM. The FCC’s broadband data has other flaws but their data...
by Laura Breeden | Mar 8, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
The March issue of Government Technology magazine has some terrific reading, including an article on “The Quest for Digital Equity” that features NDIA’s Executive Director on digital equity and digital inclusion. The article points to the rapid and...
by Angela Siefer | Mar 2, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
NDIA was originally created to educate policymakers as to the experience and expertise of local digital inclusion programs around the country. In fact, we knew we need to educate policymakers to the very existence of local digital inclusion organizations and digital...
by Angela Siefer | Feb 21, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
On February 19, 2018, NDIA submitted comments in response to the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry, titled “Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers”. The proposed rules seem explicitly designed to reduce the Lifeline...
by Angela Siefer | Jan 17, 2018 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
NDIA was first organized in 2015 to provide a needed voice for digital inclusion practitioners in the proceeding which led to the FCC’s Third Report and Order, Further Report and Order, and Order On Reconsideration adopted March 2, 2016 – referred to as the 2016...
by Angela Siefer | Dec 5, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
Until the 2016 modernization order, the Lifeline program was only a telephone subsidy. The impending changes to Lifeline roll back much of the extension of Lifeline into home broadband support while also cutting the reach of the telephone subsidy. The following quote...
