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After studying ways to improve high-speed Internet for residents, Councilor Jose Delgado is proposing to seek bids from companies interested in upgrading Springfield’s digital infrastructure. -
Plus, Washington state has appointed an interim broadband director, North Carolina has announced new leadership for the Division of Broadband and Digital Opportunity, communities are leading digital adoption efforts, and more.
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The high court preserved the Universal Service Fund, which finds its beginnings in the 1934 Communications Act. It includes E-rate, and is intended to ensure effective telecommunications across America.
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After losing its top bidder, New Orleans wants to reissue a new RFP for a smart city plan that would address the city's digital divide, but Cox Business believes it should automatically get the contract.
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The citizens of Decatur, Ala., have limited options when it comes to affordable high-speed Internet. As a result, Decatur Utilities is now studying the feasibility of going into the broadband business.
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While infrastructure challenges and digital literacy gaps still impede digital equity efforts in many rural parts of America, public and private entities are increasingly looking to new partnerships to bridge the divide.
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Officials in Maine estimate that the state could get about $500 million in federal and state funds to bring high-speed Internet to the 78,000 locations in the state that lack broadband.
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Transportation eats up 25 percent of the income of median-wage earners in Tampa, Fla., underscoring that the path to transportation equity could be as simple as reducing transportation costs.
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At both the state and federal levels of government, millions of dollars in new funding continue to be made available for broadband projects across the U.S. Plus, advocacy groups release new guidance resources for the work.
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Team Real Talk won the University at Buffalo's Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition with an instructional platform to help organizations talk about sensitive issues like race and gender.
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With $1.5 million in federal funding, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the nonprofit Technology and Data Institute intend to put a 5G cellular network in homes and convert the signal to WiFi.
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The Southside Network Authority in Virginia has broken ground for a new fiber ring that will connect five cities in the state. The network will even be linked to subsea fiber-optic lines in the Atlantic.
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The Nebraska State Unit on Aging has partnered with GetSetUp.io, a virtual learning platform, to bolster digital skills and a wide range of other life skills among older adults across the state.
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A trio of nonprofits has created a new digital online tool enabling companies to measure racial equity and environmental factors when deciding where to locate offices, factories, or other facilities.
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A rule from the 2017 Trump administration tax cut could, however unintentionally, discourage certain organizations from applying for federal broadband grants and leave the most remote U.S. populations disconnected.
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With a shift to remote learning and work, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the significant gaps in broadband Internet access across the country, and Washington residents are no different.
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According to a report that examines the digital divide in St. Louis, between 250,000 and 300,000 households lack access to broadband. Low-income areas in the city face the most digital equity challenges.
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Supported by $100 million of charitable investments, plans for the lab will see the country’s preeminent civic tech organization working with 15 state government partners over the next seven years.
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Last week, New York City released a digital version of the Mayor’s Management Report. The digital report intends to give residents an easy way to view and compare city agency data.
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Three pieces of legislation set to go into effect June 9 in Washington state aim to expand broadband infrastructure, fund more school nurses and counselors, and allow students to miss school for mental health reasons.
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The scenic national campground sites in the United States that require highly competitive and hard to get reservations see more white, high-income visitors than campsites that don’t require reservations.
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