With the NTIA...
Last updated: May 24, 2022
NTIA Tribal Land and Infrastructure Broadband Program Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements
Department of Commerce’s NTIA Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Funding to Expand Broadband on Tribal Land...
Last updated: June 15, 2021
Utah Selected to Partner on National Broadband Initiative
One of eight states selected by the NTIA...
Last updated: April 25, 2019
President Obama Announces ConnectALL Initiative
Today President Obama called upon all nonprofits, businesses, technology experts, and governments to connect 20 million more Americans to broadband by 2020. This goal, along with other supportive programs, was...
Last updated: March 10, 2016
BTOP’s Quarterly Report Describes Progress and Closeout
On February 5th, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released its most recent quarterly report updating the status of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). The report summarizes activities...
Last updated: February 11, 2016
February 2016 MOTM: States’ FirstNet Coverage Objective Maps Released in RFP
The federal-level First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) issued its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the deployment of the nationwide public safety broadband network on January 13....
Last updated: February 4, 2016
Proposed Federal Legislation Updates
Updated November 29, 2016 As the 114th Congress winds down, progress with proposed legislation has been extremely limited. Recently, however, the House passed an amended Communications Act Update (S. 253) that...
Last updated: October 27, 2015
Announcing the Global City Team Challenge
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has teamed with US Ignite to provide the Global City Teams Challenge. This challenge aims to advance technology in the direction of developing...
Last updated: November 20, 2014
August 2014 Map of the Month: Transition to FCC Data Collection
Changes are coming to the data collection process for broadband availability mapping data. Since 2010, states have collected data from providers, and then submitted a compilation of the data to the...
Last updated: July 23, 2014
FirstNet Launches New Website
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), who is working to deploy a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), recently launched a new website. The new website is designed to help educate...
Last updated: March 25, 2014