NDIA Blog Posts
Illinois Partners with NDIA, Commits to Digital Equity
Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker, alongside the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, has announced a Digital Equity Package worth approximately three-quarter of a million dollars to tackle the digital divide that exists in the state. This is...
Another Successful Digital Inclusion Week!
Digital Inclusion Week 2020 was a huge success! With COVID-19 shining light on the importance of Digital Inclusion initiatives, this year was more essential than ever. Our community events reached hundreds of thousands of people on social media, received the...
What Happens When The U.S. Does Not Regulate Broadband?
On October 13, 2020 NDIA filed comments with Public Knowledge and six other organizations in response to the Federal Communication Commission’s Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers Reform and Modernization Order. Our comments focused on AT&T’s...
JUST RELEASED- AT&T’s Digital Redlining: Leaving Communities Behind for Profit
Written in partnership with the Communication Workers of America, NDIA is pleased to release the following report:AT&T’s Digital Redlining: Leaving Communities Behind for ProfitAT&T is making the digital divide worse and failing its customers and workers by...
Disconnected: How Corporate Giants Are Failing to Provide Broadband and Good Jobs
Monday, October 5, 20202:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDTPlease RSVP HERENational Digital Inclusion Week is October 5-9, 2020 (#DIW20, #DigitalEquityNow). Join us for a virtual briefing examining how millions of Americans have been left without affordable broadband by...
Revised Digital Inclusion Start-Up Manual is Live
NDIA has published a revised version of its Digital Inclusion Start-Up Manual to reflect best practices and lessons learned around operating programs in the age of COVID-19. Initially published in April 2019 as a guidebook for local individuals and institutions to...
NDIA Submits Comments to the NTIA – Developing a More Timely Internet Use Survey
On September 17, 2020 NDIA, Public Knowledge, and 23 other organizations submitted comments in response to the National Telecommunications and Internet Administration’s Internet Use Survey. The survey targets households and covers a range of topics such as...
The Worst Connected U.S. Cities of 2019
Using data from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) One-Year Estimates, today the National Digital Inclusion Alliance releases its annual rankings for America's Worst Connected Cities. Our analysis this year looked at cities with populations of 65,000 or more to...
Welcoming Week: Digital inclusion for refugee women in Seattle and King County
By Stacey Wedlake, Negin Dayha, Maria Garrido, and Katya Yefimova Access to digital technology represents a foundational step in the refugee resettlement process. The Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School...
What Are Single Payer Agreements?
Featured Image provided by Computer ReachGiven the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.’s focus on internet access has grown exponentially. Students and parents have increasingly become dependent on broadband service to engage in online learning, pay bills, communicate...