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January 2023

FCC Extends Comment Deadline for Consumer Broadband Labels

The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission grants a request filed by seventeen groups and individuals for an extension of the time in which to file comments in response to the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency docket. As determined by the date of publication in the Federal Register, comments and reply comments were originally due on January 17, 2023 and February 14, 2023, respectively. The FCC extends the comment date 30 days to February 16, 2023.

Sponsor 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Date 
Thu, 01/19/2023 - 11:00 to 12:30

Please join the NTIA Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives (OMBI) to learn how to be involved in NTIA initiatives to further broadband access and digital equity in your communities. The Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives (OMBI) works with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) and other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs); and their educational and community partners to promote broadband connectivity, digital opportunities and inclusive innovation in historically underrepresented and marginalized communities.


Establishing the Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology

The Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology begins operations at the Department of State. Secretary Blinken established the office as part of the wider modernization agenda because the constellation of critical and emerging technologies reshaping the world is now an integral part of the conduct of US foreign policy and diplomacy.

ACP Outreach Grant & Pilot Programs Applications Due 1/9/23

The Federal Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau reminds potential applicants that complete applications to the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (ACP Outreach Grant Program) must be received electronically through Grants.gov no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday, January 9, 2023.

Sponsor 

Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and Common Sense Media

Date 
Wed, 01/18/2023 - 13:00 to 14:30

Panel on how the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program is helping connect low-income Americans to the internet.


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