Tribal Broadband
GAO Wants NTIA Feedback to Tribes Receiving Smaller Broadband Grants
Feedback could help Tribes improve future funding applications and expand broadband infrastructure.
Wireless
NTIA Launching $1.5B Innovation Fund to Explore Alternative Wireless Equipment
A comment period on the new fund will run through January 23.
Digital Inclusion
NTIA Finds Digital Divide Disproportionately Effects Blacks, Hispanics, Asian-Americans
June 11, 2020 — A survey from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, conducted in November 2019, is a crucial snapshot of internet usage in America prior to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, revealing a continued gap in bandwidth access. The report is the 15th edition
international
Privacy Experts Urge U.S. to Engage in Global Debate, but Get Own House in Order
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2010 – The United States needs to act as a world leader by using its talents to help develop an innovative global privacy framework, but it must get its own house in order to succeed, said privacy experts Friday at an event hosted by the Commerce Department.
Privacy
Commerce Seeks Comment on Privacy Law, Creates Task Force
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2010 – The Commerce Department is seeking public comment on the impact of privacy laws in the United States and around the world to determine if current laws serve consumer interests and democracy. It also this week announced the formation of an Internet Policy Task Force to id
Broadband's Impact
Regulatory Experts Discuss States’ Broadband Goals
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2010 – A meeting of regulatory commissioners last weekend included much discussion of major telecommunications issues such as the state of the nation’s broadband.
