Policy Positions
NDIA Comments on a National Broadband Research Agenda
Below in text and attached as a PDF are NDIA's comments on a National Broadband Research Agenda. The Request for Comments was posted in the Federal Register on 9-9-2016 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the National Science...
Digital Equity Is the “What” and Digital Inclusion Is the “How”
The term “bridging the digital divide” comes with a natural assumption that there is one digital divide and it can be bridged. Digital inclusion practitioners working with disadvantaged populations understand acutely the many technological divides that exist. We also...
New Federal Reserve publication links digital inclusion and Community Reinvestment Act
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has just published Closing the Digital Divide, which the Bank's President calls "a toolkit for bankers seeking to bring digital opportunity to underserved, rural and tribal communities through access to high-speed broadband. Bank...
NDIA Comments On HUD’s Proposed Rule Modernizing Consolidated Planning Process
Below are the comments of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance regarding HUD's proposed rule in Docket No. FR 5891-P-01, "Modernizing HUD's Consolidated Planning Process To Narrow the Digital Divide and Increase Resilience to Natural Hazards". Here is a PDF...
Comcast Expands Internet Essentials to Public Housing and HUD-Assisted Residents
For people living at or near the poverty line, cost is a major barrier to getting Internet access at home. Now, thanks to Comcast, all public housing and HUD-assisted tenants (primarily those using Housing Choice vouchers or in project-based Section 8 units) in...
Digital Inclusion Day
Friday, May 13th marked the inaugural celebration of National Digital Inclusion Day - a day to highlight and discuss the impact that digital access and skills can have on society, families and individuals. The NDIA, along with partners and affiliates from around the...
$32.5 million from “New Charter” for digital inclusion in California: A national model?
As the FCC nears a decision on the proposed merger between Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, digital inclusion advocates in California have negotiated a $32.5 million deal with "New Charter" that could support broadband adoption by...
The FCC Takes On Digital Inclusion Beyond Lifeline
The Federal Communications Commissioners voted (3-2) to include broadband internet as a subsidized Lifeline service for low-income consumers. Its an incredible policy that will create one very important tool to reducing digital disparity. What is also incredible is...
White House Affirms Necessity of Getting Online & Having Digital Skills
An unprecedented variety of public and nonprofit leaders are engaged in efforts to overcome the digital divides that afflict our disadvantaged neighbors and neighborhoods. This is affirmed by today’s announcement that President Obama is unveiling ConnectALL, an...
FCC Shares Highlights of Draft Order to Modernize Lifeline
We formed NDIA in the spring of 2015 with the initial intent of bringing the expertise and experiences of broadband adoption practitioners (see our map of affiliates) to the Lifeline modernization process occurring at the Federal Communications Commission. Today, FCC...