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IDIW2018 Webinar
In partnership with the Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance, Good Things Foundation (UK) and All Digital (Europe), IDIW 2018 includes an online panel discussion. The four panelists represent a variety of digital inclusion activities. The panel will...
read moreA Digital Divide Problem: Medicaid Recipients Expected to Prove Eligibility Online
Guest Contributor Kellen Silver is an undergraduate junior at Yale University, studying Global Affairs. As of August 2018, eleven states have applied for federal approval to implement work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries, according to the Henry J Kaiser Family...
read moreNDIA to FCC: “Closing digital divide” means your annual broadband report should look at affordability, digital redlining
NDIA has called on the Federal Communications Commission to prove its commitment to "closing the digital divide" by adding home broadband affordability, the broadband adoption rates of low income households, and the digital redlining of urban neighborhoods to the...
read moreNDIA urges USDA rural broadband program to push for affordability
NDIA has submitted comments to the US Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS), urging the agency to treat affordability for lower-income rural residents as a key factor in implementing its E-Connectivity Pilot, a new grant and loan program for...
read moreSave the Date – Net Inclusion 2019 is April 1-3
Mark your calendars for April 1-3, 2019. The fourth annual Net Inclusion will take place in Charlotte NC! Net Inclusion 2019 will begin Monday, April 1st morning at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte Branch with pre-conference events. Digital Inclusion...
read moreAnnouncing International Digital Inclusion Week 2018
In an effort to increase digital equity awareness globally, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance and the Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance are co-organizing International Digital Inclusion Week for October 15-21, 2018. The Week will highlight our similarities,...
read moreNDIA asks FCC to preserve EBS for digital inclusion
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance today submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on proposed new rules that could reduce future allocations of "Educational Broadband Service" (EBS) spectrum to local school systems, colleges and universities,...
read moreWhite Paper – Tier Flattening
Today NDIA released a new white paper: "Tier Flattening: AT&T and Verizon Home Customers Pay a High Price for Slow Internet". You can read or download a PDF copy at NDIA Tier Flattening July 2018. Summary: In recent years AT&T and Verizon, the nation's two largest...
read moreNDIA joins call for better Federal broadband data
Ten organizations including NDIA have called on the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to take the lead in creating a new and improved system for gathering national data on broadband access and adoption,...
read moreHighlights from Digital Inclusion Week 2018
Thank you to the DIW National Planning team for their support, and to all the event hosts that helped to make Digital Inclusion Week 2018 a success! During the week, we were able to raise awareness about digital inequities and international efforts to close those...
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