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NDIA’s Angela Siefer to Testify before the US Senate
NDIA’s Executive Director Angela Siefer will be testifying before a subcommittee of the US Senate on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 10 a.m. EST at a hearing entitled “Ensuring Solutions to Meet America’s Broadband Needs.” We're thrilled to be among the few witnesses...
NDIA Releases State Digital Equity Plan Toolkit to Support States, Territories, and DC
Christmas came early for Digital Equity Act administering entities! After nearly a year of dissecting the State Digital Equity Planning Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), gathering best practices working with states, territories, and DC, and consulting with...
Native American Heritage Month Spotlight
AMERIND and Cayuse Native Solutions Share Digital Inclusion Progress in TribesThroughout Native American Heritage Month, our amazing partners at AMERIND Critical Infrastructure provided us with information on how Tribal entities continue to strive for digital equity. ...
ACP Outreach Grants Are Here – Here’s What You Need to Know
On November 10, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially opened the application window for the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program with the release of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Since the Emergency Broadband Benefit program...
NDIA Adds Community Perspectives on FCC Digital Discrimination Process
Exactly one year ago (on November 15), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was signed into law. In addition to making historic investments in broadband and digital equity, the bill also establishes the imperative to address digital discrimination. The...
Digital Inclusion Week 2022 – Your Digital Equity Movement!
Digital Inclusion Week 2022, held October 3-7, was another record-breaker for the digital inclusion community! Over the course of the week, hundreds of participants turned our digital equity moment into a MOVEMENT. NDIA is so thankful for all the participants - from...
FCC Releases Information about ACP Pilot Programs
NOTE: This blog discusses two Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) pilot programs that may be supported with outreach grant funding, and does not cover the outreach grants that will be available to organizations outside of the pilot programs. The Federal...
Digital Inclusion Week 2022 Is Officially the Biggest Yet
Digital Inclusion Week just launched and is already the biggest yet, with the nationwide event and campaign now in its seventh year. As of Monday afternoon, more than 200 organizations had registered to take action or hold events during the week. This was over 100...
Calling All Coalitions: This Is Your Chance to Contribute to State Digital Equity Plans
Local Digital Inclusion Coalitions Should Start Acting NowThis fall, states, territories, and the District of Columbia (DC) will receive Digital Equity Act (DEA) Planning Grant awards – and, with approximately a year to develop their state digital equity plan, they’ll...
NDIA Awards 18 National Digital Navigator Corps Grants in Rural & Tribal Areas
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) announced today 18 grant recipient organizations, who will together launch the National Digital Navigator Corps. The grants are part of $10 million of support from Google.org, which will go toward hiring community-based...