Broadband Breakfast on November 27, 2024 – Next Steps on Digital Equity Projects

The NTIA has now approved digital equity plans for several states as part of its broader Digital Equity Act initiative.

Broadband Breakfast on November 27, 2024 – Next Steps on Digital Equity Projects

The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration has approved digital equity plans for several states as part of its broader Digital Equity Act initiative. And the Digital Equity Competitive Grant program, another part of the initiative, closed in late September. What is the next step for these applications? How will funding for digital equity be allocated and managed? And how will these efforts align with other funding programs aimed at bridging the digital divide?

Panelists

  • Panelists have been invited
  • Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

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