NTIA’s Davidson Highlights Digital Divide Progress

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2024 – The federal official in charge of the largest broadband funding program discussed digital equity progress Tuesday in a conversation about the future of telecom policy and regulation.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator Alan Davidson noted in the discussion that the government’s efforts to close the digital divide have been historic.

“We finally have been given the resources to do something serious and structural about bridging that divide,” Davidson said. “By the end of this year, we will obligate all of the funds from the first round of our digital equity state grant program, this investment [consists] of more than $800 million in digital literacy and skills training.”