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  • MAY 30, 2024 | BLOG

    Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: A Q+A with Angela Thi Bennett
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    Building Digital Programming to Support Second Chances
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    Permitting Progress to Support Internet for All
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Internet For All is already changing lives. Learn more about how increasing access to high-speed Internet service is improving the lives of every day Americans across the country.

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  • A Retired Veteran Returns to College

    Sterling Williams Jr. was retired from the U.S. Airforce, bored, and looking for a fulfilling way to spend his time. “When you’re retired, there’s only a few things you can do: dig a garden, watch TV, cut the grass, or bowl, and I can’t [bowl] anymore,” said Williams, 62, a Sinton, Texas resident. But his niece suggested something else: going to college. Williams was intrigued but concerned about keeping a flexible schedule. Between picking his niece up from school and waiting for appointments at the Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic, the idea of commuting back and forth for classes seemed like a significant obstacle. Then he learned South Texas College would give him a laptop and hotspot to attend classes remotely.
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  • Bilingual Digital Literacy Program Fosters Creativity

    Interview is translated from Spanish 

    Ten-year-old Miguel is putting his new digital literacy skills to an unexpected use: writing stories about his need for a brother. 

    “It is boring only having sisters,” Miguel, who has four sisters, explained. 

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  • High-Speed Internet Improves Solar Panel Output on Tribal Lands

    The Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin had been generating electricity to run its community center using solar panels for years—they just didn’t have an accurate way of tracking their energy usage.  

    Thanks to an Internet for All grant from NTIA, they now do. 

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Workforce Development

  • SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 | BLOG

    Connecting neighbors to high-speed Internet service in rural Texas
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  • AUGUST 16, 2023 | CASE STUDY

    Charter’s Broadband Field Technician Apprenticeship Program
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  • JULY 19, 2023 | CASE STUDY

    Verizon and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Training Program
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  • What’s Next for Digital Equity? Preparing for the Competitive Grant Program

    Angela Thi Bennett and Maya C. James
    Last month NTIA announced our first Capacity Award from the Digital Equity Act, which awarded approximately $9 million to Nevada to implement digital inclusion programs across the state.  

  • Celebrating Disability Pride Month by Embracing Inclusion and Accessibility

    Philip Powell, NTIA’s Federal Program Officer for Arkansas and Oklahoma
    As we celebrate Disability Pride Month and the 34th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it’s crucial to recognize the achievements, contributions, and resilience of individuals with disabilities. This month serves as a reminder of the importance of inclusivity and accessibility in every aspect of our society, especially in the digital realm.

  • Important Ideas to Streamline Broadband Permitting and Support Internet for All Deployments

    By Jill Springer, Senior Advisor, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, NTIA
    High-speed Internet service connects and builds communities, accelerates economic progress, and enhances public service capabilities. Installing broadband infrastructure can be complex due to permitting processes and regulations that may influence the availability of public rights-of-way, poles, conduits, ducts, and other necessary facilities.

  • Constructing the Digital Landscape: Highlights of NTIA’s Middle Mile Program

    Sarah Salgado, Broadband Program Specialist, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth
    Generations before us built infrastructure such as electricity, water, and sewer systems to serve everyone in America. Now, it is our generation’s turn to connect everyone in America to the tools they need to thrive in the modern digital economy through reliable, affordable, high-speed Internet service. Achieving this ambitious goal requires the development of middle mile infrastructure.

  • Internet For All: LGBTQI+ Individuals Build Community, Share Information

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