Infrastructure
Drew Clark: How Abraham Lincoln’s Belief in Equal Opportunity Animated a Passion for Infrastructure Improvements
How Abraham Lincoln's passion for infrastructure improvements led to his belief in equal opportunity.
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Broadband Infrastructure is the means to deliver Better Broadband, Better Lives
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One Day After Policy Event, Next Century Cities Launches Broadband Ready Toolkit
January 16, 2019 – One day after an event aimed at encouraging bipartisan solutions on technology policy, the non-profit group Next Century Cities launched its “Becoming Broadband Ready” toolkit together with Neighborly and the Internet Society. The 33-page toolkit (PDF) was set to be launched at an
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Livestream for Next Century Cities Broadband Event
January 15, 2019 – Below is the link to, and livestream from, the Next Century Cities event, “Opportunities for Bipartisan Tech Policy.” This half-day event aims to bring together members of Congress, community leaders, and policy experts. Keynote conversations and panel discussions will work to det
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ReConnect, a Long-Awaited Agriculture Department Broadband Program, Unveiled by Secretary Sonny Perdue
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2018 – The Agriculture Department on Thursday unveiled the details of is $600 million broadband loan and grant program – dubbed “ReConnect” – and which was originally called for by appropriations legislation passed in March. “High-speed internet e-Connectivity is a necessity
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Phoenix Center Releases Results of Study Documenting Lower Broadband Investment from 2015
US Telecom recently released an update to its U.S. broadband industry capital spending series. Ford’s analysis shows that while the decline in capital spending in 2015 and 2016 stopped in 2017, investment in the telecommunications sector is materially compressed, being about $10-to-$13 billion (or 1
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Regional Broadband Conference in Connecticut on Thursday, November 8
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., November 2, 2018 – Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz is pleased to announce a broadband conference entitled, Connected New England: A Regional Broadband Convening at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Connecticut, (300 Capitol Ave.), Room 2C, on November 8, 2018, from
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Commissioner O’Rielly Raises Another Concern about Municipal Broadband: The ‘First Amendment’
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Critics of municipal involvement with broadband infrastructure will find all manner of reasons to oppose them, and this article from Motherboard elaborates on Federal Communications Commissioner Mike O’Rielly’s views about the subject. This appears to be an extension of
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NTIA’s Request for Comments on Broadband Data Spurs Concerns About FCC’s Form 477
WASHINGTON, August 7, 2018 – Many in the broadband industry commenting on broadband availability data exposed the weaknesses of current Federal Communications Commission data – and not only in the data itself but in the process by which it is collected. The Commerce Department’s National Telecommuni
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FCC Chairman Attempts to Assuage Local Government Anger Against the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 – In advance of the Federal Communications Commission’s open meeting on Thursday, agency Chairman Ajit Pai announced a local government representative as the new vice chair of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. The announcement may be one more volley in the back-a
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AT&T CEO Says Hiring Cohen Was ‘Big Mistake’ As Questions On Trump Administration Lawsuit Are Revived
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2018 – AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on Friday announced that the company was parting ways with the executive responsible for hiring Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen in an apparent effort to grease the skids for the company’s merger with Time-Warner. The revelations of the AT&T payment
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Infrastructure Package Unlikely To Move This Year, White House Admits
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2018 — Prospects for the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure package appear to have dimmed to the point that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted Wednesday that she can’t say there would be any movement on that legislation by year’s end. “I d
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As Johnson Takes Oath At RUS, Purdue Remains ‘Hopeful’ On Infrastructure Plan Prospects
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2018 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Monday said he is “always hopeful” that progress will be made on President Trump’s $1.5 billion infrastructure plan, even as Congress shifts its focus to the upcoming primary election season. “I’m always hopeful,” he said when asked
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How County Governments Can Step Up their Broadband Game and Benefit Rural Broadband
AUSTIN, April 24, 2018 – The Rural Telecommunications Congress track at the Broadband Communities Summit here next week kicks off with a discussion about county-led economic development, and features the top technologies leaders from three divergent counties that each include different perspectives
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More Federal Spending on Rural Broadband Could Come Through Omnibus Budget Bill
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Rural priorities are again receiving additional emphasis in the draft spending legislation currently before Congress. Though the proposed $600 million is lower than the $2.5 billion that some had been discussing, the pending Trump infrastructure package could allocate st
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Applications for Municipalities and States to Join Key FCC Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Due Monday
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2018 – Local government officials seeking to offer a corrective tonic on broadband deployment to the Federal Communications Commission may consider applying for the expanded Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. Nominations for the more-than-10-year-old group are due on Monday,
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Trump Administrations Unveils Details of Infrastructure Incentives, Including Spending on Rural Broadband
WASHINGTON, February 12, 2018 – President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled details of his plan to spur $1.5 trillion in new investment to revitalize the nation’s crumbling infrastructure with a combination of $200 billion worth of matching funds and block grants to be funded from to-be-determined bud
