NTIA Updates BroadbandUSA Website

The National Telecommunications & Information Administration, the White House's chief telecommunications policy advisor, has launched a revamped BroadbandUSA website and broadband map. The site was first launched as part of the Obama Administration's broadband stimulus funding initiative. That stimulus funding ran out in 2015, and the Federal Communications Commission took over the broadband mapping info collection -- it just released a new map in February. But the Trump Administration plan is to return the broadband mapping function to the NTIA. The revamped site is meant to be a place for the public to learn about the NTIA's broadband expansion and connectivity efforts. The NTIA describes it as a "one-stop shop for broadband information around the federal government," including information on events, webinars and publications.