Upcoming event

Sponsor: 

Community Tech Network

Date: 
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 13:00

This session will delve into effective ways to empower and manage your Navigators on the ground who are working to bring digital inclusion to the community.



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Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board

Date: 
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:00

The Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 25, in the First Floor Conference Room, Suite 105, of the Harvey Parkway Building, 301 Northwest 63rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73116.



Sponsor: 

Fierce

Date: 
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:00

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is the cutting edge and disruptive technology needed to optimize your BEAD funding. In this webinar, Samsung Networks' Dimple Singh will discuss various FWA solution options for BEAD deployments. Discover how FWA LTE and 5G coverage and capacities can transform the landscape of wireless broadband, closing the digital divide and extending coverage to millions of users. As a service provider or customer, you will you’ll know why Samsung's LTE and 5G FWA Solutions is the right solution for BEAD deployments.



Sponsor: 

American Enterprise Institute

Date: 
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 14:00 to 15:30

Global alignment on spectrum policy is crucial for US leadership in telecommunications. However, the Biden administration’s approach at the yearly World Radiocommunication Conference suggests that its leadership position may be fading while other superpowers attempt to carve out their own rules of the game on telecommunications policy.

A panel discussion addressing the decisions from this treaty-level conference that shape policy directions across the US government and affect American tech leadership.



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NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association

Date: 
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 14:00

Digital inclusion is top of mind with states having submitted their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) initial proposals last month, but community-based broadband providers have deployed digital inclusion strategies long before such efforts were anticipated to respond to regulatory standards.



FCC Announces the Membership and First Meeting of the Re-Chartered Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, in consultation with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has appointed members to serve on the re-chartered Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States. The Task Force will hold the first meeting of its third and final term on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Chairwoman Rosenworcel has designated Michael Adelaine, Ph.D., CIO Emeritus & Special Advisor to the President, South Dakota State University, to serve as Chair of the Task Force.

Sponsor: 

National Digital Inclusion Alliance

Date: 
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 10:00 to Thu, 02/15/2024 - 17:00

he Net Inclusion conference has been a staple in the digital inclusion community since 2016, bringing hundreds of practitioners, advocates, academics, internet service providers, and policymakers together to share their knowledge and discuss:



Sponsor: 

Next Century Cities

Date: 
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 14:00

Tribes, states, and territories across the US are developing digital equity plans with funding from the $60 million Digital Equity Planning Grant Program. Nearly every state has released their plan for comment and many have completed the public feedback process. National Broadband Resource Hub experts will highlight key takeaways from state digital equity plans, strategies for successful coalition-building, and how local leaders can prepare for forthcoming Digital Equity Capacity Building and Competitive Grant Programs. This webinar will cover:



Sponsor: 

Fiber Broadband Association

Date: 
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 10:00 to 10:30

Joseph Wender—Director, Capital Projects Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury—plans to discuss the continued successes of the Capital Projects Fund (CPF), which provides $10 billion to states, territories, freely associated states, and Tribal governments to fund critical capital projects, including affordable, reliable high-speed internet, that enable work, education, and health monitoring.



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House Commerce Committee

Date: 
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 10:00

A hearing on leveraging ORAN technology to enhance America’s communications networks and leadership. 



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National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Date: 
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 15:00

 



January 2024 Open Meeting Agenda

Happy new year! In the spirit of wishing everyone a safe and healthy new year, we are kicking off 2024 with a monthly open meeting that features a pair of items from our Public Safety Bureau. Here’s everything we have lined up for our January agenda.

Sponsor: 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Date: 
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 13:00 to 14:30

A public listening session to learn about current and future industry efforts to promote the health, safety and privacy of young people online. 



Sponsor: 

Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 10:30

Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted approximately three weeks prior to the next monthly meeting. 



Sponsor: 

Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 10:30

Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted approximately three weeks prior to the next monthly meeting. 



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January 2024 Open Federal Communications Commission Meeting

Date: 
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:30

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the January Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 25, 2024.



Sponsor: 

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

Date: 
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 12:00 to 13:00

As broadband buildout continues, the number of Americans who remain offline is increasingly made up of people who aren’t buying a subscription even though a network reaches their house. As the deployment side of the digital divide dwindles, the adoption side needs more targeted assistance to help people overcome barriers keeping them offline.



Sponsor: 

Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 09:00 to 12:00

At this meeting, Disability Advisory Committee members are expected to (i) discuss a working group report and recommendation on the transmittal of audio description files to Internet Protocol programming; (ii) receive updates from the working groups on quality Telecommunications Relay Services for individuals with multiple disabilities, and best practices for the use of artificial intelligence to caption live video programming; and (iii) any other topics relevant to the DAC’s work.  



Republican senators want to stop the FCC from updating data-breach notification rules

It has come to our attention that the Federal Communications Commission intends to vote on a Report and Order that would violate Congress’ Resolution of Disapproval vitiating the FCC’s 2016 Broadband Privacy Order. Since the FCC has no authority to ignore Congress’ exercise of the Congressional Review Act (CRA), we urge you to withdraw the draft Report and Order to avoid resurrecting substantially similar parts of the 2016 Broadband Privacy Order that Congress nullified. The FCC’s proposed rules in the Report and Order are clearly “substantially similar” to the nullified 2016 rules.

Sponsor: 

House Commerce Committee

Date: 
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:00

Witnesses

Director Helena Fu, Director of Critical and Emerging Technology, Office of the Undersecretary for Science, Department of Energy

Biography

Witness Testimony



Sponsor: 

Brookings and Center for New Democratic Processes

Date: 
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 13:00 to 14:30

The voice of the public has generally been left out of policy debates on the governance of AI. In October 2023, Syracuse University Professor Baobao Zhang partnered with the Center for New Democratic Processes (CNDP) to conduct the Public Assembly on High Risk AI (AI Assembly).



Sponsor: 

 First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

Date: 
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 09:30 to 11:30

The FirstNet Authority will post a detailed agenda for the Combined Board and Board Committees Meeting on FirstNet.gov prior to the meeting. The agenda topics are subject to change. Please note that the subjects discussed by the Board and Board Committees may involve commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, or other legal matters affecting the FirstNet Authority. As such, the Board may, by majority vote, close the meeting only for the time necessary to preserve the confidentiality of such information.



Sponsor: 

Federal Trade Commission

Date: 
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 10:00

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a virtual informal hearing on January 16, 2024, on the proposed amendments to the Negative Option Rule.

During the hearing, which will be open to the public and viewable on the FTC’s website, six nongovernmental organizations will provide oral statements addressing issues raised to date during the rulemaking process.



Sponsor: 

House Commerce Committee

Date: 
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 14:00

The legislation to be considered includes: