Emergency Connectivity Fund: The Case for Flexibility and More Money
October 2021
Scott Rosenberg: Facebook is too big to change (Axios)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 11:48Coalition of Tech Companies and Academic Experts Launch Report to Transform Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Tech Industry (Aspen Institute)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 11:47Wally Adeyemo and Penny Pritzker: How the US can finally close the cyber workforce gap (Yahoo)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 11:29Why cybersecurity needs a more diverse and inclusive workforce (World Economic Forum)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 11:28Daily Digest 10/28/2021
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 11:25Op-ed
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Daily Digest 10/28/2021 (Wholesale Fiber)
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We Will Have a Dream Team FCC and NTIA, But You Still Have To Fight For Your Right To Broadband
Project Empower: Cleveland’s Innovative Approach to Bridging the Digital Divide
Located on the shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland suffers from the highest rates of child poverty and the lowest rates of broadband access among the large cities in the United States.
Colleges Are Providing Tech to Students to Shrink the Digital Divide
When colleges in the California State University system sent students home from campus in spring 2020, it quickly became clear that some students lacked reliable access to the internet or computers through which to participate in their pandemic-era emergency remote courses. Institutions did what they could to help in the moment, trying “band-aid remedies” such as loaning out laptops or expanding Wi-Fi service into parking lots, says Mike Uhlenkamp, senior director of public affairs for the system.