Gov Roy Cooper (D-NC) announced that more than 13,000 households and 582 businesses across North Carolina are set to receive access to high-speed internet thanks to more than $30.8 million in grants. The NC Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) awarded the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grants to expand broadband infrastructure in the state.
The Consumer Advisory Committee will consider and vote on a report examining the problem of illegal and unwanted text messages
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau announced updated minimum service standards for Lifeline-supported service.
Broadband providers are telling the Federal Communications Commission in no uncertain terms to reject calls by cable programmer Fuse Media and public advocacy groups to mandate that those providers collect data on the diversity of the video content vendors they buy programming from, including for their owned or affiliated streaming services which, they point out, are not regulated by the FCC.
The historic infrastructure package will go a long way to closing the digital divide, but another divide looms in America: the data divide. Advances in technology continue to make it cheaper and easier than ever to produce, collect, and use data, and data-backed AI algorithms can produce new actionable insights. At the community level, data plays a critical role in identifying and addressing critical social and economic issues. At the individual level, data empowers individuals to access data-driven financial, educational, and healthcare services.
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