Upcoming event
Scott D. Woods is the Director of the Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives in NTIA’s Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth. He also serves as a principal liaison between the BroadbandUSA and OIGC program offices and key strategic partners and external stakeholder groups, including representatives from state and local governments, telecommunications companies, for-profit and non-profit corporations, and colleges/universities.
S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act (Sponsors: Sens Klobuchar, Grassley, Durbin, Graham, Blumenthal, Kennedy, Booker, Hirono, Hawley). The American Innovation and Choice Online Act would:
Calls for tech regulation — from lawmakers, regulators, small businesses, even consumers — have become deafening. It now seems almost certain that antitrust action, privacy laws and more will influence the industry in some form in a bid to undermine the most powerful companies in the world's most powerful industry.
But those companies want a hand in shaping what that regulation looks like. And while lawmakers argue about what policy should actually look like, tech companies are able to change their behaviors and business models to prepare for what's coming down the pike.
Is your city struggling to get all residents online? Do you want to spend Coronavirus Relief Fund money on connectivity, or apply for federal grant support, but don’t know what would be the most effective way to start? The first step in promoting digital equity is gaining a thorough understanding of your community’s challenges, gaps, and assets through a needs assessment.
Policy experts as they breakdown the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act statute. What are the key elements of this law? What policy decisions are NTIA and the States left to make? What are the requirements of receiving these funds? We will dive into next steps and answer questions that you may have about this historic program.
The webinar panel will include:
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the March Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 16, 2022:
- Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would propose to require that broadband internet access service providers display, at the point of sale, labels to disclose to consumers certain information about their prices, introductory rates, data allowances, broadband speeds, and management practices, among other things. (CG Docket No. 22-2)
A discussion on the recently relaunched US-EU dialogue on technology policy.
Fireside Chat
- Ruth Berry, Director for Digital Technology Policy; International Economics and Competitiveness, National Security Council, White House
- Thibaut Kleiner, Director, Policy, Strategy and Outreach, DG Connect, European Commission
- Lise Fuhr, Director General, ETNO
- Jonathan Spalter, President & CEO, USTelecom
Panel
A roundtable discussion