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.
Broadband's Impact
What impact does high-speed internet have on people's lives?
FCC
Community Engagement is Key to BEAD Grant Planning Process, Experts Say
The current surge of broadband funding presents opportunities as well as challenges.
Expert Opinion
Jessica Dine: Broadband Networks Are Doing Well, Time to Shift to Adoption Gap
There is a perennial policy debate over why the digital divide exists and what to do about it.
Expert Opinion
Chris Mitchell: After Friday the 13th, a Failed Broadband Mapping Challenge Process
The data only became publicly available after the deadline passed.
Broadband's Impact
ECF Funding, Georgia Broadband Grants, Affordable Broadband Access, Broadband Label Comments
The Emergency Connectivity Fund has now committed $6.5 billion to help schools and libraries.
ARPA
House Bill to Make Broadband Grants Non-Taxable Introduced
Sen. Mark Warner said last month he is working to pass a companion bill by year’s end.
FCC
Federal Communications Commission Mandates Broadband ‘Nutrition’ Labels
The FCC also mandated that internet service provider labels be machine-readable.
Expert Opinion
Johnny Kampis: Federal Bureaucracy an Impediment to Broadband on Tribal Lands
18% of people living on Tribal lands lack broadband access, compared to 4% of residents in non-tribal areas.
ARPA
Midterm Control of Congress Remains Uncertain, But States Got Answers to Broadband Votes
Alabama, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Kansas and Pennsylvania had broadband-related measures on the ballot.
RUS
Running USDA’s Rural Utilities Service Isn’t Andy Berke’s First Act in Broadband
Almost all of Berke’s work seems to be about making a difference for higher-quality broadband.
IIJA
Adoption Programs an Important Component of Broadband Equity, Access and Adoption Grants
To deploy the infrastructure itself, states must focus on user buy-in as well as network deployment.
FCC
Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair Takes FCC to Task for Communication With Tribes
‘You need to get a little better about talking to and listening to native communities,” the chairman told the FCC.
Expert Opinion
Dianne Crocker: Recession Fears Have Real Estate Market Forecasters Hitting the Reset Button
Growing fears of recession trigger pullback on previous rosy forecasts.
Expert Opinion
Jason Boyce: Amazon’s Robot Workforce Could Doom the American Worker
It would be easy to dismiss this shift toward robotics as only an issue for one company.
Commerce
Biden Administration Awards More Funding for Tribal Broadband, With $262 Million for 9 Projects
The Commerce Department has now made a total of 63 awards totaling more than $601 million in Tribal funding.
Chips
Senate Bill Subsidizing U.S. Semiconductor Production Clears House, Going to White House
Bill aims to strengthen American self-reliance in semiconductor chip production and international competition.
