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State Broadband Initiative | BTOP / SBI Archived Grant Program State Broadband Initiative Launched in 2009, NTIA’s State Broadband Initiative (SBI) implements the joint purposes of the Recovery Act and the Broadband Data Improvement Act, which envisioned a comprehensive program, led by state entities or non-profit organizations working at their direction, to facilitate the integration of broadband and information technology into state and local economies.
Economic development, energy efficiency, and advances in education and health care rely not only on broadband infrastructure, but also on the knowledge and tools to leverage that infrastructure. Since the program’s inception, NTIA has awarded a total of $293 million to 56 grantees, one each from the 50 states, 5 territories, and the District of Columbia, or their designees.
Grantees will use this funding to support the efficient and creative use of broadband technology to better compete in the digital economy.
These state-created efforts vary depending on local needs but include programs to assist small businesses and community institutions in using technology more effectively, research to investigate barriers to broadband adoption, innovative applications that increase access to government services and information, and state and local task forces to expand broadband access and adoption.
Since accurate data is critical for broadband planning, another purpose of the SBI program is to assist states in gathering data twice a year on the availability, speed, and location of broadband services, as well as the broadband services that community institutions, such as schools, libraries and hospitals, use.
This data is used by NTIA to update the National Broadband Map , the first public, searchable nationwide map of broadband availability launched February 17, 2011. Summaries of each grant award are provided below, and visitors are also encouraged to visit the state broadband program and data websites. A list of these websites can be found here .
Recipient: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Recipient: Connected Nation (Alaska) Recipient: American Samoa Government Recipient: Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) former known as the Arizona Government Information Technology Agency Recipient: Connect Arkansas Recipient: California Public Utilities Commission Recipient: Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology State Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Recipient: Department of Commerce, N.
Mariana Islands Recipient: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection transferred from Department of Public Utility Control Recipient: Delaware Department of Technology and Information State District of Columbia Recipient: DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer Recipient: Florida Department of Management Services Recipient: Georgia Technology Authority Recipient: One Economy Corporation Recipient: Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Recipient: EdLabs Group Foundation (name changed from Puget Sound Center for Teaching Learning and Technology) (Idaho) Recipient: The Partnership for a Connected Illinois Recipient: Indiana Office of Technology Recipient: Connected Nation (Iowa) Recipient: Department of Commerce, State of Kansas (transferred from Connected Nation) Recipient: Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of Technology Recipient: State of Louisiana Division of Administration Recipient: State of Maine, ConnectME Authority Recipient: Maryland Broadband Cooperative Recipient: Massachusetts Broadband Institute Federal Register Notices and Frequently Asked Questions All related Federal Register notices State Broadband Data and Development Program FAQs State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program NOFA Clarification FAQ Archived Online Workshop Materials On July 24, 2009, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hosted an online workshop for the Broadband Mapping Program.
Webinar Slides (Acrobat PDF 1. 3 Mb) Webinar Video (Windows Media format) Webinar Transcript (Acrobat PDF 135 KB) NTIA Calls for Academic Researchers On December 3, 2010 the National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a request for academic research proposals to analyze an initial national broadband availability data set.
This project is part of NTIA's analysis of the uses for the national broadband availability data set which will be made public by February 17, 2011 in conjunction with the release of the National Broadband Map. Call for academic researchers
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Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN (NTIA PWSCIF 26 01) is sponsored by National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The fourth Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (PWSCIF) focuses on moving beyond abstract research towards practical, commercially relevant solutions that integrate native artificial intelligence capabilities into the Radio…
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