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CTC congratulates Delaware and Nevada on publishing BEAD Final Proposals

December 19, 2024 by CTC Technology & Energy

Delaware and Nevada both recently announced their awards for broadband infrastructure deployment under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Administered by the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, BEAD is a $42.45 billion program intended to connect the 25 million Americans who lack adequate high-speed Internet access. CTC […]

Webinar: Public-Private Partnerships for Broadband

January 14, 2022 by CTC Technology & Energy

In this webinar, CTC President Joanne Hovis, Communications Workers of America Legislative & Political State Coordinator and Local President for Louisiana Matt Wood, Greendale Indiana Mayor Allen Weiss, and AT&T President of Broadband Access and Adoption Initiatives Jeff Luong discuss public-private partnerships for the deployment of broadband. The publication, “The Era of the Broadband Public-Private […]

Mason County and the City of Maysville, KY, Issue Broadband RFP

December 21, 2021 by CTC Technology & Energy

Mason County and the City of Maysville, KY (the City/County) seek a partner to review the current status of broadband availability in the community; plan for the construction of an expanded network to address underserved, unserved, and unreliably served areas; and construct and operate the broadband infrastructure. The City/County seek to empower residents and local […]

USDA’s new ReConnect broadband grant rules dramatically expand eligible areas and effectively redefine broadband

October 26, 2021 by CTC Technology & Energy

Heather Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding Strategies With the October 25 release of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made important changes for Round 3 of its Rural eConnectivity Program (commonly known as ReConnect). Significant new scoring considerations include a preference for local governments The NOFA includes […]

NTIA’s Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program Is a Broadband Funding Opportunity for Local Governments and Minority Serving Institutions

October 21, 2021 by CTC Technology & Energy

Heather Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding StrategiesLydia Weinberger, Civic Technology Analyst Local governments and minority serving institutions (MSI) have a unique partnership opportunity in the Connecting Minority Communities (CMC) Pilot Program—which has a fast-approaching application deadline on December 1, 2021. Now is the time for local governments to speak to their MSI partners to […]

States and Localities Have Updated Guidance for Treasury’s Coronavirus Capital Projects Funds

October 21, 2021 by CTC Technology & Energy

By Heather Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding Strategies The Treasury Department released new guidance on its long-awaited, $10 billion Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund program—an extremely flexible opportunity that will deliver funds to each eligible state, territory, and tribal entity. State governments will now work with Treasury to receive their allocations—so now is also the […]

New Federal Grant Opportunity for Broadband Economic Development Projects: $500 Million in New Funding with Applications Due Early in 2022

October 12, 2021 by CTC Technology & Energy

Heather Mills, V.P. for Grant & Funding StrategiesLydia Weinberger, Civic Technology Analyst A promising federal grant program has new funding and creates the potential for securing broadband funding to support economic development. The American Rescue Plan Act added $500 million in funding to the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program run by the U.S. Department of […]

Developing a Grant Strategy in an Evolving Funding Landscape

May 5, 2021 by CTC Technology & Energy

By Ziggy Rivkin-Fish, CGEIT, VP for Broadband Strategy Are you trying to get more secure footing in a shifting broadband landscape? You’re not alone. Between existing and potential funding programs, it’s very challenging to plan in the current moment. For example, as we discussed in a previous paper, the results of the Rural Digital Opportunity […]

Facilitating Gigabit Fiber Buildouts Report Featured in Broadband Communities Magazine

February 6, 2014 by CTC Technology & Energy

Last month, we published our report for Google, in which we layout the fundaments in a “How-to” strategy guide for facilitating a Gigabit Community. Since, we have received great feedback from the community including tweets from the Head of Community Affairs for Google and other industry pundits whom are promoting our work. This month, we […]

CTC Technology & Energy to Aid Albuquerque in Building the City’s Network Design and Implementation

January 31, 2014 by CTC Technology & Energy

CTC Technology & Energy has helped hundreds of cities nationwide to evaluate and build the business case for municipal broadband networks. Albuquerque is the latest City to tap CTC Technology & Energy’s expertise and we are proud to work with the City. We will develop a strategy for providing a network connecting the City’s key […]

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