(grandriver / Getty Images) NTIA opens applications for $1 billion tribal broadband fund The second wave of Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is now accepting applications. Jul 27, 2023 By Lindsay McKenzie
Tribal broadband funding awards approach $2 billionĀ National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced an additional almost $4 million in tribal broadband grants. Jul 20, 2023 By Lindsay McKenzie
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, on Nov. 30. (Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images) Native tribes get new federal office for tech, more broadband funding Biden announced a new Office of Indigenous Communications and Technology to help tribes improve their technology and internet access. Nov 30, 2022 By Lindsay McKenzie
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during an event on high-speed internet at the White House in June 2021. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) Commerce Department’s tribal broadband grants top $1 billion The NTIA has now awarded more than $1 billion since August to expand high-speed internet access on tribal lands. Oct 11, 2022 By Lindsay McKenzie
The Arizona state flag flies between the United States flag and the Navajo Nation flag at the Visitor Center at Canyon de Chelly National Monument near Chinle, Arizona. (Robert Alexander / Getty Images) Tribal broadband programs got $634M this month Five groups in Arizona received $105 million in grants from tribal broadband programs funded by last year's infrastructure law. Aug 30, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a White House event on high-speed internet on tribal lands. (Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images) Commerce Department issues another $49M for tribal broadband Vice President Kamala Harris said the Commerce Department's NTIA plans to award $500 million for tribal broadband this month. Aug 19, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
Barrow, Alaska (Getty Images) Tribal broadband gets $77 million from Commerce Department Tribal broadband investment got a $77 million influx comprised of 19 grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce. May 4, 2022 By Colin Wood