May 2021

Tackling the Digital Divide with Ready-to-Use Content + Policy

Where will public broadband funding make the greatest impact? As any GIS professional will tell you, the most effective way to distribute resources is to use the power of location. Recognizing where there is need by mapping the important aspects can often be the first step to success. In order to find the areas of need first requires spatial data to be accessible.

2021 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Award

A sign in front of a church not far from my home has for the past many months read: “We’ll get through this together by staying apart.” As Spring is here and we awaken from more than a year of social distancing, we gather today to celebrate the people who helped their communities come together.

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Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee

House Commerce Committee

Date 
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 10:00

Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, June 8, with United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Commerce. Additional details will be announced next week.



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Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee

House Commerce Committee

Date 
Thu, 05/27/2021 - 11:00

Markup on legislation to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers to return money to defrauded consumers. The Subcommittee will consider the following bill: