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House Hearing for Internet Gambling Bill

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2010- H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, will require online gaming sites to purchase licenses and subscribe to existing gambling...

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Vilsack Announces Funding of 126 Broadband Projects

WASHINGTON August 4, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the funding of 126 new broadband projects with a funding total of $1.2 billion. The projects will span 38 states and a number...

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FCC Establishes Office to Aid Tribal Lands, Native Communities

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission recently established an office to better focus on communications infrastructures in tribal lands and native communities. The Office...

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New Mexico to Receive $74.4 Million in Broadband Grants

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2010- New Mexico entities received a $10.6 million broadband stimulus grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and support for a $63.8 million...

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FCC Lays Out Plans to Overhaul Universal Service Fund

WASHINGTON, September 7, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission late last week laid out part of its plan to reform the universal service fund, including pushing Sprint and Nextel to live up to...

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FCC Aims to Increase Awareness of Lifeline, Link Up Programs

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2010 – This week is the second annual “National Lifeline and Link Up Telephone Discount Awareness Week” brought to you by the Federal Communications Commission, National...

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NTIA Gives $6.1 Million in Grants to North Carolina, Washington

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2010 – The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Thursday announced two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments,...

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LTE Growing Faster Than Ever

Long Term Evolution is growing faster than any other mobile platform in history, according to a recent report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). The GSA report includes both variants...

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Internet2 Upgrades Speed to 8.8 Terabits per second

WASHINGTON March 11, 2011 – Internet2, the nationwide ultra high-speed education network, announced that it will increase the network’s speed by a factor of nearly 900.  The network’s existing speed is...

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The Connect America Fund: Statements and Highlights from the FCC Commissioners

WASHINGTON, Friday  October 28, 2011.  The Federal Communication Commission unanimously voted to overhaul its outdated the Universal Service Fund and reform its intercarrier compensation fund at...

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Leveraging Funding from Government Programs, Incentives to Share Information...

WASHINGTON, Friday March 23, 2012 – On Tuesday March 20th  federal regulatory administrators, state health and broadband officials and private health IT and technology experts met in Washington to...

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Pai Announces Broadband Advisory...

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2017 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday announced the formation of a new federal advisory committee that would seek to accelerate deployment of...

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How Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Departs From Traditional Federal Funding

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2017 — Infrastructure plans in President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget represent a significant break from his predecessor not only in the brick-and-mortar variety, but also in the next...

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FCC Restricts Options Under the Low-Income Consumer Lifeline Program, to...

WASHINGTON, November 16, 2017 — In a move harshly condemned by Democrats and consumer advocates, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted along party lines to significantly restrict the...

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USDA Announces Loans to Improve Rural Electric Infrastructure and Upgrade...

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing $858 million in loans to upgrade rural electric systems across 17 states, benefiting around 450,000 consumers. Approximately...

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Aims to Further Deploy 2.5 GHz Band of Spectrum for 5G...

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2019 — The Federal Communications Commission will vote in July on whether or not to auction off unused portions of the 2.5 GigaHertz (GHz) spectrum band to advance the deployment...

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$5 Billion Facebook Fine, Tribal Broadband Suffering, and 5G Data Session

On Friday afternoon, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a fine of $5 billion to Facebook for privacy violations. Adam Satariano of the New York Times reported that regulators and lawmakers in the...

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FCC Authorizes $121 Million in Rural Broadband Funding from Connect America Fund

WASHINGTON, August 12, 2019 — The Federal Communications Commission on Monday authorized over $121 million in rural broadband funding, marking the fourth wave of support from last year’s Connect...

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Wireless Broadband Likely to be a Key Component in Getting Broadband to...

WASHINGTON, September 24, 2019 - Better broadband and 5G development is essential to the livelihood of tribal communities, according to representatives from government and telecom at the National...

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Broadband Roundup: Bill Aims to Make Social Media Interoperable, Colorado...

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Tuesday introduced the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act, Public Knowledge...

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Indian Tribes Will Have Six-Month Window of Opportunity to Apply for Former...

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2020 – Federally-recognized Indian tribes will have a six-month priority window, beginning February 3, in which to apply for access to the radio frequency spectrum available at...

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Broadband Roundup: Global Internet Censorship, Tribal Divide, Klobuchar on...

A report published by tech.co on Wednesday ranks and categorizes the countries with the highest internet censorship. Among the reports most salient findings: Turkmenistan, North Korea, and China earned...

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Rural Assembly Paints Dire Picture About Lack of Broadband, Impact of...

April 24, 2020—A host of guests at the Rural Assembly webinar on Wednesday painted a grim picture of the state of broadband in rural and tribal life. The webinar, titled “Has the government’s response...

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Tribes Have Many Government Programs Available for Supporting Broadband Amid...

May 12, 2020 — Education officials catalogued the many government broadband programs devoted to bridging the digital divide affecting tribal communities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. For...

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Members of Democratic Caucuses Call to Modernize Broadband for Rural and...

August 19, 2020 — Members of the Rural Caucus and the Native American Caucus of the Democratic Party made calls for modernizing broadband and energy infrastructure during caucus meetings on Tuesday. As...

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Federal Communications Commission Grants First Licenses for Tribal Radio...

October 24, 2020 – The Federal Communications Commission on Friday granted its first licenses in the 2.5 GigaHertz (GHz) spectrum to 154 tribal applicants during the agency’s first Rural Tribal...

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Alaska Predicted to Receive a Majority of Tribal Broadband Funds

WASHINGTON, January 12, 2022 — Alaska’s remoteness might lead the state to receive a majority of federal government funds allotted to broadband for Tribal communities. “Alaska is going to be one of the...

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ReConnect Rep Warns of ISPs Asking for More Subsidies Than Needed for Builds

WASHINGTON, Feb 3, 2022 – Shekinah Pepper, the general field representative for the Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program, warned tribal communities Wednesday that internet service providers...

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Relationship Building Key to Connecting Tribal Communities: USDA Policy Advisor

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2022 – Building relationships is key to the success of rolling out broadband infrastructure in tribal communities through the Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program, a...

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USDA Anticipates Infrastructure Technical Assistance Tailored Towards Tribal...

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2022 – A representative of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Services said Thursday that the agency will likely host webinars aimed specifically...

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NTIA Approves $1.2M in Grants for Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2022 — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced late last month that it has awarded four grants worth nearly $1.2 million...

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Biden Administration Awards More Funding for Tribal Broadband, With $262...

WASHINGTON, August 25, 2022 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the U.S. Commerce Department announced $262 million  in funds awarded to nine Tribes in seven states. Two...

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Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair Takes FCC to Task for Communication...

WASHINGTON, September 23, 2022 –Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Schatz on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to consult more regularly with Tribal leaders on the...

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Johnny Kampis: Federal Bureaucracy an Impediment to Broadband on Tribal Lands

A new study from the Phoenix Center finds that as the federal government pours tens of billions of dollars into shrinking the digital divide in tribal areas, much of that gap has already been...

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Tribal Ready Wants Better Broadband Data to Benefit Indian County

WASHINGTON, February 23, 2023 – Tribal Ready, a Native American-owned company, on Tuesday announced its launch – together with a new effort to encourage Indian county to be accurately mapped for...

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Tribal Nations Face Challenges in Accessing and Maximizing Funding: Connected...

DALLAS, March 31, 2023 —Tribal lands remain among the areas in the United States that most lack broadband access, but an influx of federal funding could help to close the divide if Tribes are able to...

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GAO Wants NTIA Feedback to Tribes Receiving Smaller Broadband Grants

WASHINGTON, August 25, 2023 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration should offer feedback to Native American tribes who receive less grant money than they apply for, according...

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Tribal Providers Say They Rely on ACP to Connect Communities

WASHINGTON, October 30, 2023 – The Affordable Connectivity Program is essential for keeping people connected on Tribal lands, Tribal broadband providers said on Monday, Started in 2021 with $14 billion...

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Tribal Ready COO Adam Geisler Addresses Importance of Data Sovereignty to Tribes

WASHINGTON, November 20, 2023 – A tribal broadband leader said Friday the federal government has failed to uphold its trust responsibility to provide health, safety and welfare to Native American...

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NTIA Extends Tribal Broadband Application Window

WASHINGTON, January 23, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration extended on Monday the application window for its tribal broadband grant program. Applications for funding...

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