Virginia State Officials Confident of Chances for Broadband Grants

Virginia Deputy Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson said Monday that the second version of Virginia's innovative, multi-platform broadband map would be publicly released on Friday. The timing means that Virginians who apply for federal broadband funds will have a data-driven competitive edge against other applicants. "We're going to make sure we [Virginians]—no offense to anyone—win," Jackson said at the Virginia Summit on Broadband Access, held Monday at Piedmont Virginia Community College. The new map had been scheduled to be released Monday, but was held for "some fine-tuning." The map is scheduled to be launched on Friday, on wired DOT virginia Dot gov. Visitors will have access to broadband coverage data, census block information, population, and more. "We want to make sure you're competitive," she said.