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Premium Content Subscriber only Residents, schools and businesses will benefit from a $1.5 million digital infrastructure boost across the Isaac region. New and improved telecommunication services are to be installed between Moranbah and Clermont, with five new towers part of the project which is funded under the Australian Government’s Regional Connectivity program. Isaac region Mayor Anne Baker said the project would help keep local businesses connected, help families stay in touch and all...

Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. The Morrison government has today announced $130 million will be spent on the “hugely popular” Regional Connectivity Program (RCP) ahead of next week’s federal budget. The funding – which aims to improve connectivity and techno...

Almost $23 million to be invested towards digital connectivity and telecommunications in regional WA McGowan Government allocates $5.88 million towards Commonwealth Regional Connectivity Program, securing $17.1 million co-investment from Federal Government Boost to mobile and broadband services for 16 projects across regional, rural and remote WA Connectivity and telecommunications in regional WA will receive a $23 million boost under a joint investment from the McGowan Government and the Comm...

Last Friday, President Biden released his fiscal year (FY) 2022 $1.522 trillion discretionary budget, which provides an 8.4% increase over fiscal 2021. It provides a 16% increase or $106 billion for non-defense spending and a $12 billion increase, or 12%, for defense spending. The budget represents some of Bidens campaign priorities of education, investments to address climate change and cancer research.  The budget proposes $27.8 billion in discretionary spending for USDA with emphasis on bro...

President Joe Biden (Photo via whitehouse.gov) The Biden administration this past Friday released a letter outlining President Joe Bidens request for fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding in advance of Congresss annual appropriations and budget process.   The letter, addressed to Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, along with several other top federal lawmakers, includes a range of proposals that reflect Bidens broader agenda.   "The consequences of this broad disi...

Biden Budget Proposals Invest Money in Rural Communities

-The Hagstrom Report President Biden released a fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget request that includes $27.8 billion for the Agriculture Department, a $3.8 billion or 16% increase from the 2021 enacted level. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack noted that the budget would expand broadband access, provide more money for agricultural research, extension and outreach programs, address wildfires by providing more money for forest management and increase funding for the Special Supplemental Nutri...

The Biden administration submitted to Congress on Friday the President’s priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending including $27.8 billion for USDA, a $3.8 billion, or 16% increase from the 2021 enacted level. In a statement, USDA says the funding request advances key agency priorities, including economic development and growth in rural America, maintaining support for American agriculture, rebuilding scientific expertise in our agencies, aiding in an all-of-government approach t...

Biden Budget Requests Major Investments for Federal Technology and Cybersecurity President Joe Biden Evan Vucci/AP Get the need-to-know news for current and aspiring technology executives. email April 9, 2021 The 1.5 trillion budget would give the Technology Modernization Fund and CISA big increases as well as launch new advanced research projects agencies. President Joe Biden sent his first discretionary funding request to Congress Friday,...

Digital connectivity must espouse national sovereignty: Jokowi 26th February 2021 Digital transaction Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that digital connectivity should uphold national sovereignty amid globalization and hypercompetitiveness. "Digital connectivity must uphold national sovereignty in the midst of globalization and hypercompetitiveness as it is today," the head of state remarked at the launch of the 2021 Digital Connectivity Pro...