Implementing the National Broadband Plan | Issues

Identify the costs of deploying a nationwide NG 911 System

Recommendation #207
FCC Chapter: 16.13

Status: In progress

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) should prepare a report to identify the costs of deploying a nationwide NG 911 System and recommend that Congress allocate public funding.

Survey public safety broadband wireless mobile infrastructure and devices.

Recommendation #196
FCC Chapter: 16.2
Survey public safety broadband wireless mobile infrastructure and devices.

Create a public safety broadband network

Recommendation #195
FCC Chapter: 16.1

Status: In progress

Create a public safety broadband network.

Amend the Copyright Act to enable a digital national archive

Recommendation #189
FCC Chapter: 15.9
Congress should consider amending the Copyright Act to enable public and broadcast media to more easily contribute their archival content to a digital national archive and grant reasonable noncommercial downstream usage rights for this content to the American people.

Create a national digital archive to house public interest digital content

Recommendation #188
FCC Chapter: 15.8
The federal government should create and fund Video.gov to publish its digital video archival material and facilitate the creation of a federated national digital archive to house public interest digital content.

Put primary legal documents online

Recommendation #181
FCC Chapter: 15.1
The primary legal documents of the federal government should be free and accessible to the public on digital platforms.

Build workforce capability in cybersecurity

Recommendation #170
FCC Chapter: 14.11

Status: Started

The Executive Branch should expand existing and develop additional educational programs, scholarship funding, training programs, and career paths to build workforce capability in cybersecurity.

Create an interagency working group to implement guidelines and requirements for interagency coordination of grants

Recommendation #166
FCC Chapter: 14.7
The Executive Branch should create an interagency working group, comprised of the senior grants officials from each agency, to implement guidelines and requirements for interagency coordination of grants and to improve Grants.gov to make it easier for applicants to use.

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.

Give regional development managers access to integrated federal, state local Tribal data.

Recommendation #158
FCC Chapter: 13.9
The Economic Development Administration should create an easy-to-use, dynamic online information center that gives regional development managers access to integrated federal, state local Tribal data.