Articles related to Digital Inclusion

Digital Maturity

Advancing and Streamlining DX in Higher Ed

Carly Walker / EdTech Magazine / Sept 16, 2021

Broadband Connectivity

Tammy Baldwin hears Wisconsin tribes’ concerns on murdered Indigenous women, broadband access, wolf hunt

Frank Vaisvilas / Green Bay Press-Gazette / Sept 13, 2021 

Delaware to Use $110M in ARPA Funds to Connect Residents

Jule Pattison-Gordon / GovTech / Sept 16, 2021 

 

Report: 1 million New Yorkers don’t have broadband amid COVID-19. Here’s where

Sarah Taddeo / New York State Team / Sept 14, 2021 

Harlan County awarded nearly $2 million in grant money for better broadband services

Chas Jenkis / WYMT / Sept 17, 2021

Broadband Affordability

How Do We Pay For Universal Service?

Benton Institute for Broadband and Society / Sept 17, 2021

New Mexico Student Connect Program to Focus on Low-Income Families

Claudia L. Silva / GovTech / Sept 14, 2021 

FCC not ruling out steps to expand broadband access, chair says at POLITICO Tech Summit

Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico / Sept 15, 2021 

9 More States, D.C. Join Verizon Digital Inclusion Program

GovTech / Sept 17, 2021 

What’s New in Civic Tech: Device Access for Every American Act

Zack Quaintance / GovTech / Sept 16, 2021

Broadband Services

High-speed internet via airborne beams of light

Jane Wakefield / BBC / Sept 17, 2021

Can Elon Musk’s Satellite Wi-Fi Improve Digital Equity?

Erin Cunningham / EdTech Magazine / Sept 13, 2021 

High-speed internet via airborne beams of light

Jane Wakefield / BBC / Sept 18, 2021 

Despite Censorship and Poor Internet, Cuban Podcasts Are Booming

Ernesto Londono / The New York Times / Sept 18, 2021 

Frustrated rural telecom customers file complaints over internet service, but agencies lack oversight

Kelli Arseneau and Rick Barrett / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Sept 16, 2021 

Town of Bristol launches high-speed internet service

The Associated Press / Sept 16, 2021 

FCC Wants Landlords to Stop Screwing Up Your Internet

Karl Bode / Vice / Sept 15, 2021 

Internet funding rule could favor rural areas over cities

David A. Lieb / The Associated Press / Sept 13, 2021

Disparities in Online Learning

II. Innovative Options to Connect All Students to Online Learning

New America / 2021

Geoverse Deploys 5G/LTE in Lieu of Wi-Fi for Virtual Learning

Brandon Paykamian / GovTech / Sept 14, 2021 

How to bridge the digital divide in education

WP Creative Group / The Washington Post / Sept 13, 2021

Digital Divide

How California Is Advancing Digital Equity

Pew Trusts / Sept 16, 2021 

America Strong: Combating the digital divide

ABC News / Sept 13, 2021 

3 Ways Companies Can Address The Digital Divide

Serenity Gibbons / Forbes / Sept 14, 2021 

Seattle awards additional $330,000 in grants to close digital divide

Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / Sept 14, 2021

How Boston is embracing smart tech to make its roads safer, close the digital divide, and combat climate change

Erica Sweeney / Business Insider / Sept 15, 2021 

Appalachian Commission distributes $46 million for projects

The Associated Press / Sept 16, 2021 

Will Cities Be Left Out of Federal Broadband Funding?

GovTech / Sept 14, 2021

Broadband Physical Infrastructure

Greene County gets $2.5 million federal grant for broadband infrastructure

Julian Routh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / Sept 16, 2021 

Greene County Getting Federal Grant To Improve Broadband Internet Infrastructure

Julian Routh / CBS Pittsburgh / Sept 17, 2021 

Cybersecurity Threats Call For Multi-Layered Defense With Merging Of Digital And Physical Worlds

Dhrupad Trivedi / Forbes / Sept 13, 2021 

Patients and doctors who embraced telehealth during the pandemic fear it will become harder to access

Frances Stead Sellers / The Washington Post / Sept 15, 2021