What the American Rescue Plan is Doing for Broadband
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
March 2022
How California Is Building the Nation’s First Privacy Police (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:30‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 03/15/2022 - 06:30Analysis
Analysis
E-Rate And Rural Health Care Programs' Inflation-Based Caps For Funding Year 2022
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau announces the E-Rate and Rural Health Care (RHC) programs’ funding caps for funding year 2022. The new caps represent a 4.2% inflation-adjusted increase in each program cap from funding year 2021. The E-Rate program funding cap for funding year 2022 is $4,456,460,992. The new cap represents a 4.2% inflation-adjusted increase in the $4,276,833,965 cap from funding year 2021.
The American Rescue Plan worked
As we reach the first anniversary of President Biden signing the American Rescue Plan into law, the obvious questions include: How did it help?
Telegram is the app of choice in the war in Ukraine despite experts' privacy concerns (National Public Radio)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 03/14/2022 - 19:09Rural broadband is a farm bill focus
The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the need for federal assistance to develop high-speed internet connectivity in all parts of the country, members of a US House subcommittee said as they reviewed provisions that are likely to be included in the next farm bill. “I represent a largely rural district in north-central, northeast Florida, and we have children who do their homework in a Hardee’s parking lot,” said Rep Kat Cammack (R-FL).
Washington state bill would redefine broadband as 100/20 Mbps (Washington State Legislature)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 03/14/2022 - 16:59Houston to Use Digital Kiosks to Boost Equity, Smart City Appeal
The city of Houston (TX) has started the deployment of digitally interactive kiosks, which will offer wayfinding information and act as Wi-Fi hot spots. In the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic shifted schools and government alike to operate virtually, digital equity has become a top priority for cities. Local governments have taken a number of routes to establish more public Wi-Fi hot spots, deploying them at libraries and even in smart streetlights.