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House Democrats’ COVID relief bill includes Emergency Broadband Benefit

by Bill Callahan | May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

The new, three trillion dollar COVID-19 relief proposal (the “HEROES act”) unveiled yesterday by Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives includes $8.8 billion to fund an Emergency Broadband Benefit for consumers who are eligible for Lifeline phone...

House Dems’ broadband plan is comprehensive: Includes digital equity funding, home internet payment help

by Bill Callahan | May 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

Democratic Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (NJ), yesterday announced the outline of a “Plan to Connect All Americans to Affordable Broadband...

217 organizations, 100,000+ petition signers call for affordable broadband measures in COVID-19 stimulus

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...

NDIA asks bank regulators to allow Community Reinvestment Act credit for digital inclusion support

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...

Siefer on COVID-19 stimulus: More action needed to connect millions of households

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...

NDIA to FCC: Broadband affordability should be addressed in annual assessment

by Bill Callahan | Nov 25, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion, Policy Positions

NDIA has once again urged the Federal Communications Commission to consider broadband adoption rates and affordability in the agency’s annual assessment of “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable...