Ziggy Rivkin-Fish, CGEIT, V.P. for Broadband StrategyBarbara Fichman, Principal Analyst and ResearcherTaylor Brown, MSW, Civic Technology Analyst If you are looking to expand your community’s internet access in Maryland, you need to prepare for the funding opportunities created by the Digital Connectivity Act of 2021 (the Act)[1] and the Office of Statewide Broadband (OSB). OSB, […]
Heather D. Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding Strategies On May 19, 2021, the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) released rules for the Broadband Infrastructure Program (BIP). The highly anticipated rules contained a few surprises (a recommended, but voluntary 10 percent match) and at least a few non-surprises (RDOF areas are not eligible unless you are […]
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Ziggy Rivkin-Fish, CGEIT, V.P. for Broadband Strategy If you’re like us, you might be confused about what the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) accepts as service coverage data for their new Broadband Infrastructure Program (BIP). In BIP’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), NTIA states the following: The term “eligible service area” means a census […]
By Ziggy Rivkin-Fish, CGEIT, V.P. for Broadband Strategy If you are like many of our friends right now, you may be unsure about which federal funds to target for broadband expansion. Some of you may consider going after the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF), authorized in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), […]
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Joanne Hovis, PresidentRyland Sherman, Senior Research AssociateJacob Levin, Senior Analyst After a year of pandemic and crisis, the scale of our national digital divide is at last recognized by policymakers at all levels, with federal, state, and local governments making unprecedented commitments to narrow the divide. While most of the funds to address these challenges flow […]
Heather D. Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding StrategiesZiggy Rivkin-Fish, CGEIT, V.P. for Broadband Strategy The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) on May 19, 2021, for the Broadband Infrastructure Program—what the Consolidated Appropriations Act referred to as the Promote Broadband Expansion Grant Program. The funding window for […]
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The City of Greendale, Indiana, has released an RFP to identify an entity to plan, construct, and operate middle-mile and last-mile broadband infrastructure. This infrastructure will be used to deliver broadband services to the City’s currently unserved or underserved areas. City leaders regard broadband as foundational to the City’s vitality. The City’s critical priority is […]
Heather D. Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding Strategies Ziggy Rivkin-Fish, V.P. for Broadband Strategy The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released interim final rules for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program.[1] Established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), this program will provide $350 billion in emergency funding […]
Heather D. Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding StrategiesZiggy Rivkin-Fish, V.P. for Broadband Strategy The Treasury Department has released initial information regarding pending rules and regulations for the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) $10 billion Coronavirus Capital Projects grant fund…and it’s clear now is the time to get organized if you have rural broadband projects […]
CTC is proud to have supported the Internet Society—a global nonprofit that advocates for a strong internet and global internet growth—in its development of a Guide to Federal Broadband Funding Opportunities in the United States. The impetus for this funding guide grew out of recommendations developed at the Internet Society’s 2019 Indigenous Connectivity Summit. Participants […]
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