Upcoming event
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The Fiber Broadband Association is pleased to announce Fiber for Breakfast Week 49: NTIA’s Internet for All Initiative & A Workforce to Connect America.
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Information about the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Program and help applicants with preparing a complete application. This webinar will include:
Information about the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Program and help applicants with preparing a complete application. This webinar will include:
To meet the workforce needs of the BEAD program, eligible entities and their subgrantees should make appropriate investments to develop a skilled, diverse workforce for the jobs that the subgrantees need to fill. This webinar will provide industry stakeholders interested in BEAD subgrants and subcontracts an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about their role in fostering equitable workforce development and job quality objectives.
The Senate Commerce Committee will convene an Executive Session to consider Biden Administration nominations to serve on several boards, as well as Coast Guard promotions.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) is hosting a series of Office Hours to answer questions about aspects of the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (ACP Outreach Grant Program) such as the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), application package, and application submission process.
FCC Announces Agenda for December 2022 Open Meeting
The Federal Communications Commission announced the agenda for its December 2022 open commission meeting. The FCC will consider:
Digital skills and wealth go hand in hand. Without affordable internet and devices, and the skills to get online, people cannot access financial resources, set up accounts and bank online. People of color living in under-resourced communities are most impacted by the lack of digital and financial inclusion resources available to them. Digital inclusion practitioners, financial companies and community leaders are looking for new approaches that foster economic stability and wealth creation.
Digital Planet is an interdisciplinary research initiative of The Fletcher School’s Institute for Business at Tufts University. Using publicly available data from the US Census Bureau, BroadbandNow, and Microsoft, Digital Planet created an interactive broadband mapping toolkit to pinpoint broadband access gaps and affordability deserts by zip code nationwide.
A discussion on how local, state, and federal policymakers and community leaders can use data from the interactive tool to inform broadband strategies.
The meeting will include updates on the progress CSMAC subcommittees are making in addressing topics they are addressing, specifically 6G wireless systems, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) improvements, and UltraWideband communications.
NTIA will post a detailed agenda on its website, http://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac, prior to the meeting.
To the extent that the meeting time and agenda permit, any member of the public may address the Committee regarding the agenda items.