FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Visits New Mexico to Promote Tribal Library Connectivity

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel will visit Isleta and Laguna Pueblos in northern New Mexico and meet with Tribal library representatives and Tribal leaders from several Pueblos and Navajo Nation, as part of agency efforts to ensure everyone, everywhere has the internet connections they need. She will tour the Laguna Public Library, the Pueblo of Isleta Public Library, and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to kick off the FCC’s Tribal Libraries E-Rate re-engagement tour. The tour aims to amplify agency efforts to ensure Tribal library institutions have equitable access to E-Rate, an FCC-supported program that connects schools and libraries to high-speed internet, ahead of the 2023 E-Rate funding window. For example, the agency recently launched the Tribal Libraries Pilot Program, through which the Universal Service Administrative Company will directly assist Tribal libraries in completing their applications to the funding year 2023 E-Rate Program.