A webinar focused on digital inclusion and disaster response and recovery. As Western NC navigates an overwhelming Hurricane Helene recovery timeline, we know Eastern NC and others from across the country can share important milestones in their disaster response. Digital inclusion leaders from Western and Eastern NC, North Carolina Department of Information Technology's (NCDIT) Office of Digital Equity and Literacy, and other disaster coalitions nationwide will share in a panel about what's working for them.
President-elect Trump indicates that he would like to exercise more control over the Federal Communications Commission and questions the constitutionality of independent agencies, generally. He has expressed a desire to end the independence of agencies such as the FCC and Federal Trade Commission.
Real property, equipment, and intangible property, that are acquired or improved with a Federal award must be held in trust by the non-Federal entity as trustee for the beneficiaries of the project or program under which the property was acquired or improved. This trust relationship exists throughout the duration of the property’s estimated useful life, as determined by the Grants Officer in consultation with the Program Office, during which time the Federal Government retains an undivided, equitable reversionary interest in the property.
States are itching for action on broadband access. But as they wait for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment money to flow—and policy changes under Trump—New Mexico wants to take matters into its own hands. New Mexico’s broadband office requested $70 million in state funds to help connect 95,000 locations with satellite broadband in the next two years.
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