Jan 17, 2025 - Pima County’s Office of Digital Inclusion (ODI) has been honored as a Visionary Digital Inclusion Trailblazer by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA).
High-growth industries saw significant investments alongside wins for startups, small business and broadband. In 2024, Arizona continued to attract historic investments while pioneering new advancements for workers, startups and small business owners, rural communities and more.
January 06, 2025
Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has recommended for award more than $250 million to 24 organizations to support digital skills and inclusion projects in communities across the country.
January 6, 2025
NDIA celebrates all the organizations recommended for a Digital Equity Act Competitive Grant award today. This is an incredible moment for the United States – strengthening our global competitiveness by investing in the digital readiness of our people. All the prospective awardees, including NDIA’s 13 sub-grantees, are trusted institutions and experts at increasing reliable access to the internet and devices while providing digital skills training and support.
Dec 24, 2024
Long-time Yavapai County School Superintendent Tim Carter spent his last week on the job Thursday, Dec. 19, breaking ground for new infrastructure to provide broadband service to unincorporated Verde Villages.
Dec. 23, 2024
ALLO Fiber today announced a fiber broadband project installing a 10 Gigabit network in Flagstaff, AZ. This fiber connection will enable world-class internet, broadband, cybersecurity, managed services, telephone, and video services for residents and businesses.
December 19, 2024
This week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced more than $313 million in broadband funding to providers in 18 states, financed via the fifth round of the USDA’s ReConnect Program. The newly announced funding is intended to connect rural residents, farmers, and business owners in these states to reliable high-speed internet.
Dec 10, 2024
The promise of faster, more reliable internet for Apache County took a step forward on Nov. 26 with a ceremonial groundbreaking in St. Johns outside the Apache County Annex Building. The milestone marks the county’s broadband expansion project, which aims to connect nearly 3,200 homes and businesses in the area.
December 9, 2024
Roughly 175,000 Arizona homes still lack access to broadband internet, and many of them are in tribal and rural communities; the state Commerce Authority says it’s looking to change that.
Monday, November 25, 2024
Arizona's goal is to provide dependable and affordable high-speed internet services to every community and access to the necessary digital skills, so every resident can fully participate in a digital world. This is look at the team of elected officials who will be Arizona’s voice in Washington.
Nov 14, 2024 - This memo proposes the modernization of the Enhancing Education Through Technology (E2T2) Program as part of the overdue Elementary and Secondary Education Act’s (ESEA) reauthorization.
September 19, 2024
The City of Flagstaff is partnering with Arizona-based internet service provider Wecom Fiber to deliver high-speed, broadband internet to homes and businesses across the city.
Connected Journeys: Stories of Broadband and Digital Equity
Aug 6, 2024
In 2021 when the pandemic was raging, President Joe Biden led a bipartisan effort to pass the Affordable Connectivity Program as part of the Infrastructure Act so low-income families would have subsidized internet service.
The American Indian Policy Institute is home to the newly formed Center for Tribal Digital Sovereignty, formed in partnership with the National Congress of American Indians. This Center is the first and only one in the nation dedicated to helping tribal governments, leadership, and communities understand the complexities of digital sovereignty. It provides access to resources and serves as a clearinghouse for tribal digital sovereignty. The center works towards the following goals and concepts: scholarship, capacity building, policy research and advocacy, and forming a coalition of organizations that work together to support tribes.
The Arizona Memory Project (AMP) helps researchers discover information related to the history and government of Arizona by providing access to primary sources in Arizona archives, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions
June 18, 2024
Phoenix’s plan, if approved, would add a new section to the city code to provide the rules for licensing and transactions between the city and companies who build and operate fiber-optic networks.
Jun 14, 2023
The Biden administration on June 12 announced it will send $714 million to help rural areas in 19 states connect to the internet, including $25 million for the Colorado River Indian Tribes.
June 6, 2024
The world has increasingly become more digital. From remote work to online education programs and even telehealth services, our interactions are highly enabled by technology. However, this isn’t a reality for all…yet. Take, for example, a retiree who needs to schedule a doctor's appointment but does not know how to access their provider’s website portal. Or a family whose device isn’t working properly and restricting access to internet services that many of us use to work, learn and live online.
The Community Broadband Networks (CBN) initiative is a program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a national research and advocacy nonprofit focused on fighting corporate control and building an American economy driven by local priorities. CBN works with a diverse group of allies, partners, and local communities on policies to improve local Internet access. We also research and document what communities around the country are doing to improve access to high-quality broadband networks.
AT&T has been involved in numerous initiatives related to digital equity. Through its "AT&T Connect All" program, the company aims to bridge the digital divide by providing affordable internet access and devices to underserved communities. AT&T also offers workforce training programs and supports STEM education initiatives.
A team of technologists at ASU have launched maps and resources for connecting Arizonans.
With Sun Corridor Network, Digital Equity Institute and TRIAD WIRELESS, L.L.C. teams onsite to meet community members and help them get started
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program will only succeed if every penny is wisely spent. This includes ensuring that subgrantees have the capacity not just to build and deploy high-speed Internet networks but to operate those networks for years to come, delivering Internet connectivity to areas that for too long have been left behind.
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