by Amy Huffman | Apr 4, 2024 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy
The good news just keeps getting better! Last week NTIA opened its State Digital Equity Grant Program NOFO, making available $811 Million for States, US Territories, and Native Entities (see our blog about that here). And today, we’re excited to announce that NDIA’s...
by Shauna Edson | Apr 3, 2024 | Digital Equity Act, Digital Inclusion News, Policy
IT’S HAPPENING!!! NTIA Opens State Digital Equity Grant Program $840 Million Soon Available for States, US Territories, and Native Entities This is the first in a three-part series about the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program announcement from the National...
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 | 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...