Daily Digest 11/28/2022 (Irene Escalera)
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Mon, 11/28/2022
Today's broadband news
A Year One Update on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Connecting Tribal Communities
The digital divide on Tribal lands includes broadband access, adoption, and application. On June 22, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an assessment of federal efforts to increase Tribal broadband internet connectivity in the U.S. In the report, the GAO observed that connectivity in Tribal nations still lags behind the United States significantly and that Tribal Nations need more resources to overcome barriers to sustainable broadband access, adoption and application on their lands.