Upcoming event

This webinar will cover three critical aspects of analyzing potential environmental impacts and accounting for weather- and climate-related risks for the Internet For All programs: the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and climate resilience.

This webinar will provide an in-depth look at all the parameters that proposed projects must meet under the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program. This webinar will provide applicants with technical assistance and prepare them to write high-quality applications.

With $1 billion in funding, the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program provides funding for this vital part of our nation's high-speed network and will reduce the cost of bringing high-speed internet to unserved and underserved communities.

Peggy Schaffer, Executive Director of ConnectMaine Authority, will discuss securing $28 million in NTIA grant money and key partnerships she has made for the benefit of her state and its residents. The NTIA Broadband Infrastructure grant was built on a history of community engagement, sophisticated data and targeting, and collaborations with industry partners. This webinar will highlight how Maine is building on this successful model as it develops its strategy for Capital Projects funds, BEAD, Middle Mile and DEA programs.

The first webinar in a Broadband Data & Mapping Webinar series will focus on the Colorado Broadband Office’s biannual Broadband Data Collection. A walk through of the process to collect broadband availability data from ISPs, including:

• The data collection timeline,
• How ISPs can prepare and submit data,
• How the CBO processes data, and
• How and when the data is published.

Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted on the FCC'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.

A deep dive on the most noteworthy developments in the mobile industry with Mike Dano, Light Reading’s Editorial Director for 5G & Mobile Strategies. Instead of focusing on policy hot topics, the team will be discussing what’s happening with specific players in the industry, near term spectrum opportunities, comparisons between different spectrum portfolios and who is poised to rule the 5G and 6G consumer and enterprise spaces. 

CENIC and its subsidiary, GoldenStateNet, in partnership with the State of California, have embarked upon an ambitious middle mile effort as a critical step towards broadband equity. This is part of the historic $6 Billion investment that Legislature and Governor of California are making to achieve this critical goal, with additional significant investments at the Federal level. Altogether, this is the most ambitious state broadband equity initiative in the history of the Internet.

At this meeting, the Task Force will hear presentations on cybersecurity, the future of agriculture production in the United States, and updates from the Working Group leadership on their progress. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the Task Force Chair and the Designated Federal Officer.

The meeting will be wholly electronic, and is open to the public on the Internet via live feed from the FCC’s web page at www.fcc.gov/live.

Back in March, the Fiber Broadband Association in partnership with NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association released the Broadband Infrastructure Playbook, a comprehensive guide designed to assist state broadband offices in making efficient and effective use of federal funds made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Grant Plans must be submitted through the Capital Projects Fund Portal by this deadline, after which the Capital Projects Fund Portal will be closed to new Grant Plans. A Grant Plan will consist of an executive summary, an Allocation Table showing the broad categories of Capital Projects the Recipient seeks to undertake using Capital Projects Fund grant funds (e.g., Broadband Infrastructure Projects, Digital Connectivity Technology Projects, MultiPurpose Community Facility Projects) and how much the Recipient intends to spend on each such category, and one or more Program Plans.