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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 28, 2022 7:01 AM<br>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced on November 17th that it has awarded 18 grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147)">Tribes in 11 states received grants – Alaska, Arizona, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, and Virginia. The</span><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> Zia
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Approximately 2,200 households and businesses on the Zuni Reservation will soon have high speed (1 gig) fiber-optic internet service starting this summer, thanks to a partnership between the Zuni Tribe and Continental
Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC). Zuni and co-op officials formalized an agreement for CDEC to build the $4.4 million in communication infrastructure necessary to provide internet service to Zuni’s residents. In turn, the tribal government will pay a discounted
bulk price for providing high speed internet to Zuni’s residents for the next three years. To read the entire story from Cibola Citizen, click
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Below are photos of November 10, 2022, commemorating the day. Zuni leadership and community celebrated with Pueblo Dance and traditional meal served by the Elders.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is kicking off the Tribal Broadband Leaders Network to establish a regular monthly check in on the latest events in the broadband space. The network will
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DATA Act</a><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> of 2020, the new map displays location level information on broadband availability throughout the country and allows individuals to search for their
address, as well as review and dispute services at their location.</span> </div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">For providers, the release of the first map comes alongside efforts already underway for submitting challenges of and corrections to the underlying “fabric”
of locations that can be served by broadband providers.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The commission has stressed that this pre-production draft of the map is far from final.</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">
Today’s release reflects broadband availability reported by providers as of June 30. Challenge processes with respect to the reported coverage data will follow.</span>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Following the fabric and coverage data challenge processes, an updated version of the FCC map will be used to determine the allocation of $42.5 billion in
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funds to each state and territory, as well as determining eligibility of areas for funding under various programs. The map, particularly after the challenge processes are implemented, aims to be the most
comprehensive collection of broadband data to date.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Recently, the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ieRVxc09qzbggCDYhsen1X4AIQBSDnElZah3v5sHGzU7W9a7Kj5RLMcZoIOdWw4ky537LttPVjl0X1U37Nyge8W27OxL2a9rb5717u_fbevY1f8ClhFGwcb3b2b5xj01u96kcrWgOOTUFrb85CTIaw==&c=WoQyUgZyBByioChqAvFZFw9kthW0SZizLXnvKBuKyTeEddrGhuV1pA==&ch=r236pg7kCnwrvkgbqTadwHXTOt1qAzvM56kpepY9V3NUoQEWkr6Sdg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">Benton
Institute for Broadband & Society</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> supported a webinar featuring national perspectives on these federal mapping feedback processes. This
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provide helpful information regarding the processes, what’s at stake, and how various stakeholders can access the federal portals to view data and share feedback.</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">This FCC program helps ensure that qualifying low-income households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The ACP Outreach Grant Program will facilitate the promotion of the ACP and
increase awareness of and participation in the ACP among eligible households. To support this goal, the FCC seeks to enlist and empower trusted community messengers to develop innovative outreach strategies to reach historically underserved and unserved communities,
including low-income households, aging populations, individuals with disabilities, individuals with language barriers, racial and ethnic minorities, and rural inhabitants.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">The ACP Outreach Grant Program application forms and instructions may be accessed
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The deadline is </span><span style="color:rgb(191,63,47); font-weight:bold">January 9, 2023.</span>
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and Low-cost plans page</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"> has been completed! The updated page describes the low-cost and ACP-eligible plans and their associated information. The review, conducted three months after the
launch of the updated page, verifies that information first provided by ISPs is still current. </span><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> </span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">NDIA continues to encourage ISPs, our affiliates, and others to share plans that meet page criteria by emailing Miles at
</span><a href="mailto:miles@digitalinclusion.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Roboto,sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">miles@digitalinclusion.org</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">
or </span><a href="mailto:info@digitalinclusion.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Roboto,sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">info@digitalinclusion.org</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">.</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">For community leaders striving for digital equity, this guidebook, written by Robbie McBeath and Published by the
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Institute for Broadband & Society</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">, November 2022, will help communities evaluate and meet specific connectivity needs. They chart three pathways—Access, Adoption, and Use—that together offer a comprehensive approach to
guide communities’ digital equity planning and provide structure for implementing effective solutions.</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Just as every community has unique features and characteristics, so too do their connectivity challenges. With this in mind, communities are encouraged to follow a variety of steps and best practices as they participate
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to Digital Equity</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> builds off of the belief that digital equity starts at the local level. As states, territories, and tribes develop digital equity plans, the stories, tools, and resources found here offer both guidance
and inspiration for what’s possible when community members have a seat at the table.</span>
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various forms of public-private partnerships, including use of state general revenue fund dollars for grants to private broadband service providers. This would allow the
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