Implementing the National Broadband Plan | Agencies | Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Create a Broadband Strategy Council to coordinate the implementation of National Broadband Plan recommendations

Recommendation #214
FCC Chapter: 17.1
The Executive Branch should create a Broadband Strategy Council to coordinate the implementation of National Broadband Plan recommendations.

Create an Open Platforms Initiative

Recommendation #191
FCC Chapter: 15.11

Status: In progress

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) should create an Open Platforms Initiative that uses digital platforms to engage and draw on the expertise of citizens and the private sector.

Improve the delivery of means-tested benefits to low-income Americans.

Recommendation #180
FCC Chapter: 14.21
The federal government should improve the delivery of means-tested benefits to low-income Americans.

Improve the delivery of government services online

Recommendation #177
FCC Chapter: 14.18

Status: In progress

The federal government should undertake a series of efforts to improve the delivery of government services online.

Develop a single, secure enterprise-wide authentication protocol that enables online service delivery

Recommendation #174
FCC Chapter: 14.15
The Office of Management and Budget and the Federal CIO Council should develop a single, secure enterprise-wide authentication protocol that enables online service delivery.

Accelerate technical actions to secure federal government networks

Recommendation #173
FCC Chapter: 14.14

Status: In progress

The Office of Management and Budget should accelerate technical actions to secure federal government networks.

Recognize internal efforts to transform government using broadband-enabled technologies

Recommendation #165
FCC Chapter: 14.6
The Office of Managament and Budget and the Federal Chief Information Officers Council should develop a competition to annually recognize internal efforts to transform government using broadband-enabled technologies.

Develop a vision and strategy to guide agencies on cloud computing

Recommendation #164
FCC Chapter: 14.5

Status: Completed

OMB should develop a vision and strategy to guide agencies on cloud computing.

Federal government grant funding should not limit or permit limitations on the use of broadband

Recommendation #162
FCC Chapter: 14.3
The Office of Management and Budget should review and coordinate federal grants that have a broadband connectivity requirement. Federal government grant funding should not limit or permit limitations on the use of federally funded facilities or services for broadband deployment, except when technology solutions cannot ensure privacy or security of data.

Launch a National Digital Literacy Program

Recommendation #88
FCC Chapter: 9.3

Status: In progress

The federal government should launch a National Digital Literacy Program that creates a Digital Literacy Corps, increases the capacity of digital literacy partners and creates an Online Digital Literacy Portal.