Upcoming event
This webinar will highlight the work of the North Carolina Office of Digital Equity and Literacy, and how the office plans to collaborate with education partners as it approaches implementation.
In a moderated Q&A panel, speakers will include:
An event dedicated to fostering digital equity and literacy within the Black community.
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Educational Workshops: Learn about critical funding opportunities coming to states this fall to help end the digital divide.
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Leadership Speeches: Gain insights from a keynote address by renowned Black national Faith Leader Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems.
Meeting the energy demands of emerging technologies and ensuring American technological leadership.
Agenda
- Establishing a Missing and Endangered Persons Alert Code – The Commission will consider a Report and Order to establish a Missing and Endangered Persons event code that will provide law enforcement, EAS Participants, and WEA providers with a means to quickly disseminate information pertaining to missing and endangered persons cases. (PS Docket Nos. 15-91, 15-94)
Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted on the Commission's website approximately three weeks prior to the next monthly meeting. The FCC will also issue a public notice of the "Commission Meeting Agenda" one week before the meeting and announce at that time the items that are scheduled for the agenda.
The Technological Advisory Council will consider and advise the Federal Communications Commission on topics such as continued efforts at looking beyond 5G advanced as 6G begins to develop so as to facilitate U.S. leadership; studying advanced spectrum sharing techniques, including the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve the utilization and administration of spectrum; and other emerging technologies.
FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for June Open Commission Meeting
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the following items are tentatively on the agenda for the June Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 6, 2024:
Sen Cruz to propose extending Affordable Connectivity Program—with big changes
Sen Ted Cruz (R-TC) will propose plans May 16 to maintain the Affordable Connectivity Program in a slimmed-down new form.
BAND-NC, with support from The Dogwood Health Trust, invites digital inclusion partners from around North Carolina to the Digital Opportunities Gathering on June 4, 2024, at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, NC.