A Checklist for Evaluating Your State's Digital Equity Vision

Your state is doing something it has never done before: not just making a plan to achieve digital equity, but thinking about how life in the state will be transformed by closing the digital divide. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration asks states to address two critical questions in their visions of digital equity: 1) What will digital equity look like in the context of your state?  and 2) What are the broad goals that should be accomplished in executing this plan (e.g., improve rural health outcomes, increase underrepresented youth employment in technology-related fields)? So does your state have a clear vision? State broadband offices have started releasing draft digital equity plans and visions for public comment. As states and their communities evaluate draft visions of digital equity, please consider these additional questions.