Upcoming event
Task Force and Working Group Leadership will provide updates on the progress of their respective reports; review and discuss program and policy expectations relevant to the Task Force’s duties; and continue to discuss strategies to advance broadband deployment on agricultural land and promote precision agriculture. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the Task Force Chair and the Designated Federal Officer.
After originally launching in January 2022 only to pause for nearly one year for administrative rulemaking, Round 3 of the Connect Illinois Broadband Grant Program is reopening. The $350M round leverages a combination of state and federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to resume investment in broadband access expansion ahead of separate but complementary federal BEAD funding. Hear from Illinois Office of Broadband director Matt Schmit and his colleagues at the Illinois Broadband Lab regarding next steps for Round 3.
Join Indigenous leaders, researchers, network builders, and policy makers for workshops, lightning talks and panel discussions about the broadband challenges facing our communities, and hear directly from people doing game-changing work to advance digital equity.
Location
Embassy Suites Hotel
600 East Benson Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99503
Over the last few years, tremendous attention has been focused on the need to address the challenges and harms created by the technology sector. Biden Administration has outlined plans for a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, information integrity research, and new cybersecurity rules for critical infrastructure and called for new bipartisan legislation around privacy, algorithms, and tech antitrust.
On the 30th anniversary of our organization’s founding, we invite our 500+ member companies to gather in Washington, DC, to seize a $42.5 billion opportunity—the federal government’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. With a powerful, collective voice, we can educate Congress on our members’ vast experience serving rural and smalltown America and define how we are uniquely positioned to efficiently and effectively close the broadband availability gap. Together we can shape the future.
The INCOMPAS Policy Summit focuses on communications and technology issues, including broadband deployment and the implementation of federal broadband funding programs, 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), the demand for content and over-the-top (OTT) services, as well as the overall state of the industry. This meeting is an invaluable opportunity for our association to showcase and discuss the most important issues facing the industry.
Law enforcement agencies are concerned about Apple’s new end-to-end encryption protections for iCloud, arguing more warrant-proof encryption compromises their ability to protect the global public. When talking to The Washington Post, an FBI spokesperson even called for “lawful access by design” to effectively put a backdoor in otherwise secure products and services.
When the Federal Communications Commission’s allocation of C-Band airwaves to 5G carriers elicited safety concerns from the aviation industry, failures in the U.S. allocation process caused the disagreement to boil over until mass flight cancellations became a pressing possibility. Wireless carriers voluntarily agreed to postpone their scheduled deployment and implement temporary mitigation measures, which averted a worst-case scenario.