Rural
Senate Clears Agriculture Bill With $109 Million for Rural Broadband
USDA's ReConnect would see about $50 million for 2026, more than the Senate had previously put forward.
Senator from Maine
Rural
USDA's ReConnect would see about $50 million for 2026, more than the Senate had previously put forward.
House Appropriations
Asks for 'flexibility’ in administering broadband programs.
Congress
The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress.
Funding
Sends amended rescissions package back to the House
Congress
Bill would eliminate $1.1B in public broadcasting support for PBS and NPR
Donald Trump
Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie, with 3 Republican senators joining all Democrats in voting against the measure.
Funding
Lawsuit challenges rule used to cancel Digital Equity Act and other federally funded programs.
Digital Inclusion
The Trump administration canceled grants under the Digital Equity Act earlier this month.
New Hampshire
The state will get $191 million for contracts with municipalities and commercial internet service providers to run fiber on remote roads.
Marsha Blackburn
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Shelley Moore Capito listed infrastructure fund disbursement among their foremost focuses for the coming year.
Cybersecurity
Calls are growing louder for mandatory breach reporting for cybersecurity incidents.
Congress
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2018 — The absence of Arizona Senator John McCain (R) from the Senate means Democrats appear to have enough votes to pass a bill to roll back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of network neutrality rules put in place under the Obama administration, 50-49. Without McC
White House
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2018 — White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday declined to say whether President Trump would sign a bill that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of network neutrality rules promulgated during the Obama administration. “We’ll keep
NTIA
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2009 – Senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday weighed the need to distribute federal stimulus fund urgently against the desire to ensure that monies are well-spent.
Recovery Act
WASHINGTON, February 9, 2009 – A late-Friday agreement among senators negotiating the fiscal stimulus legislation allocates $6.65 billion to broadband investments, $350 million to broadband mapping, and $100 million to distance learning and telemedicine grants and loans.