NDIA Blog Posts
Released: Broadband Adoption and Opportunity Act
Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) introduced the Broadband Adoption and Opportunity Act: bipartisan legislation to leverage public-private partnerships to refurbish internet-capable devices for students and underserved families through donation, lending, or low-cost...
U.S. House votes “Yes” on home broadband benefit and digital equity funding for states and communities
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the "Moving Forward Act" (HR 2), a $1.5 trillion infrastructure funding bill that includes $8.8 billion for a new “broadband benefit” program to help low-income households and recently laid-off consumers pay for internet...
Wyden bill provides emergency internet assistance for laid-off workers, low income households, Pell students
United States Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon yesterday introduced the "Emergency Broadband Connections Act", which would create a new Emergency Benefit for Broadband Service to provide free or low-cost broadband service for low-income families as well as workers recently...
New: #SpreadTheTech Podcast Series
NDIA and Digital Charlotte released the #SpreadtheTech Podcast Series! This ten-episode series showcases interviews with digital inclusion stakeholders and practitioners from across the country highlighting their community-based efforts to address the digital divide....
New U.S. House broadband bill includes low-income payment help and digital inclusion funding
A bill introduced today by Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives proposes more than a billion dollars in funding for state and community digital inclusion initiatives, as well as a new federal broadband benefit that would contribute $50 a month to...
NDIA says “rural only” broadband investment is structurally racist
NDIA has released a new white paper arguing that current federal policies which limit broadband expenditures to rural infrastructure deployment, while offering no help to millions of unconnected urban residents, are "structurally racist, discriminating against...
Black Lives Matter
A message from the NDIA Board of Directors: A small group of diverse, committed volunteers formed NDIA in 2015 to extend the work of bringing disadvantaged communities online by supporting and advocating for organizations that do this work. Our strength comes from our...
NDIA is Hiring – Research and Policy Director
NDIA combines grassroots community engagement with technical knowledge, research and coalition building to advocate on behalf of people working for digital equity and to ensure all people have access to technology in communities large and small, urban, and rural. Now...
Digital Navigator Baseline Job Description
Through an NDIA Working Group of digital inclusion practitioners revising their work to be socially distant and/or remote, NDIA has created a baseline job description for a Digital Navigator. In the great tradition of “surfing the internet as we build the internet”,...
Federal regulators allow CRA credit for bank investments in digital access during COVID-19 emergency
The three federal agencies that oversee U.S. banks and savings institutions have adopted special Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) guidelines for the COVID-19 emergency period which, among other things, allow regulated lenders to seek CRA credit for "Loans, investments...