Upcoming event

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host the first in-person summit of the Tribal Broadband Leaders Network in conjunction with the National Tribal Telecommunications Association (NTTA). Through this event, Tribal leaders will connect with federal program officers at NTIA to ensure broadband projects succeed in connecting Internet for All.

The goal of the roundtable is to convene key stakeholders across community organizations, internet service providers (ISPs), federal agencies with emergency broadband funding, and state agencies to assess lessons learned concerning programs that provided broadband connectivity to opportunity communities during the pandemic. The half-day virtual workshop will provide a platform to hear from experts from a range of backgrounds and a diverse set of stakeholders about efforts to promote digital equity, broadband adoption, and digital skills training for opportunity communities.

A listening session to gain additional information and understanding from affected communities, state, local, and Tribal governments, public interest advocates, and providers about their experiences – including challenges and barriers faced – as they work to ensure all people of the United States benefit from equal access to broadband. The purpose of this listening session is to continue the FCC’s outreach in support of its ongoing efforts to promote equal access to broadband for everyone. 

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund provides $10 billion to states, territories, freely associated states, and Tribal governments to fund critical capital projects that enable work, education, and health monitoring.

The BEAD Success Summit is bringing together government and industry leaders to discuss, in workshop form, the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program requirements and various network technologies and architectures. The Success Summit offers an environment for collaboration with colleagues and education on leading technologies that will help maximize the success of this once in a lifetime $42B investment to close the digital divide.

The Internet for All Washington: Kick-off Event is the first webinar presented by the Washington State Office of Broadband (WSBO) to share information on the federal Internet for All programs and the planning process for their Five-Year Action Plan for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) & Digital Equity (DE).

Join the webinar to learn how you can get involved with the planning process as WSBO, in collaboration with state agencies, key stakeholders, and Washington State constituents, work to achieve universal access to high-speed internet for all.

A conversation with former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. Mike’s experiences at the FCC and on the Hill inform his insightful analysis of the issues of the day facing the U.S. broadband industry.

They’ll discuss issues such as the progress being made to close the digital divide through the Affordable Connectivity Program, the most current issues driving spectrum policy discussions inside the beltway, pragmatic solutions for resolving inter-agency conflicts over spectrum, top issues facing the US delegation to the upcoming World Radio Conference and more.

In 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill, to rebuild and restore the nation’s critical infrastructure assets, including high-speed broadband networks. Focused on job creation, the Biden administration hopes to leverage the bipartisan infrastructure bill to create more high-wage jobs for employees without college degrees. With $65 billion allocated to broadband, the tech sector is primed for the entry of new workers.

Agenda

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