Drew Clark

IIJA

Louisiana the First State to Launch BEAD Challenge Process

ConnectLA is the first state agency under BEAD to kick off an evidence-based procedure ground-truthing local broadband data.

Infrastructure

BEAD Implementation Summit on September 21 at Clyde’s of Gallery Place in Washington

Tickets for the day-long BEAD Implementation Summit are available for $145 until August 21.

Innovation

Domestic Manufacturing and the CHIPS Race: Excerpts from Made in America Summit

See highlights from Made in America Summit featuring Samsung, Movandi, Digital Supply Chain Institute and Foreign Policy

Broadband's Impact

Made in America Summit Kicks Off With Session on Biden Broadband Allocations

Dr. Tamarah Holmes, Director of the Office of Broadband for the Commonwealth of Virginia, on program.

Commerce

NTIA Awards Middle Mile to 35 Projects in 350 Counties with 12,000 Miles of Fiber

$930 million in federal funding will leverage a total of nearly $1.8 billion in middle mile broadband infrastructure.

Infrastructure

Debt Ceiling Law Doesn’t Change Administration Priorities on Semiconductors, Advanced Energy and Broadband

With government action, America can reindustrialize itself, bolster national security, revive left-behind places and reduce carbon emissions.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Video of CostQuest CEO Jim Stegeman at Digital Infrastructure Investment Summit

Panel 2 video. Join the Broadband Breakfast Club to watch the full-length videos from Digital Infrastructure Investment.

AEX

Colorado Law for Muni Broadband Networks, VETRO and COS Collaborate, South African Open Access

Because of now-defunct Colorado law, a total of 122 communities had to opt out of state-level broadband restrictions.

Broadband's Impact

CLIC, AAPB and Broadband Breakfast Host Super Session on Community Broadband Initiatives on May 1

Brought to you by the Coalition for Local Internet Choice, the American Association for Public Broadband and Broadband Breakfast.

Infrastructure

Future Broadband Waiver of Buy America Must Be Product-Specific, Says Commerce

‘We aren’t doing the blanket waivers of the past,’ said Kevin Gallagher, a top Commerce Department Official.

Commerce

‘Buy America’ Waivers Possible, But Very Difficult to Obtain, Says NTIA Chief

The bar ‘is not impossibly high, but it is high,’ Alan Davidson said.

Big Tech

Preview the Start of Broadband Breakfast’s Big Tech & Speech Summit​

Watch the start of the Big Tech & Speech Summit from March 9. Sign up for full webcast.

Big Tech

Watch the Webinar of Big Tech & Speech Summit for $9 and Receive Our Breakfast Club Report

Those who take advantage of this offer can watch the entire day’s program, follow along on Twitter with #BTSS.

AEI

House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Chairman Gus Bilirakis to Keynote Big Tech & Speech Summit

Bilirakis has long been an advocate for holding Big Tech accountable.

Fabric

Tribal Ready Wants Better Broadband Data to Benefit Indian Country

Tribal leaders and citizens must gather data ‘on a scale large enough to ensure that Tribal nations receive’ funding.

CDT

Growing Lineup of Divergent Speakers, Panelists and Sponsors at Big Tech & Speech Summit

In a two-day “flash sale,” registration for the event on March 9 will cost $99. Sale ends 11:59 p.m. Wed.