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Tech your username 5 hours ago On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the release of a draft Report and Order establishing the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECFP), pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. According to FCC’s press release, the ECFP would, among other things, reimburse schools and libraries for the purchase of broadband connections and devices during the COVID-19 pandemic for students, school staff, and library patrons. The FCC explaine...

The first solo trip by the country’s first second gentleman will be to Albuquerque. Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will arrive next week as part of a trip promoting the American Rescue Plan, the massive coronavirus relief effort, according to a White House official. Douglas Emhoff Harris and Emhoff are scheduled to be in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday and Denver on Tuesday, before Emhoff comes to Albuquerque alone on Wednesday. Details about the Albuquerque trip ha...

Vermont Business Magazine Representative Peter Welch supported the House passed $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ COVID relief bill late Friday night. The bold bill is a top priority of both Rep. Welch and President Joe Biden and will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, extend federal unemployment insurance, deliver immediate financial relief to families, support small

Summary The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted significant gaps in the availability of broadband access faced by millions of rural and low-income Americans, and the vulnerability of our broadband networks to single points of failure and other threats. This article discusses recent and near-term initiatives that are intended to address these issues in the coming years, and opportunities and risks they present. Highlights Billions in federal funding are being considered to fill gaps. Biden administra...

Sun, 02/14/2021 - 1:24pm -- tim Vermont Business Magazine Representative Peter Welch’s legislative committees, House Energy and Commerce and Oversight and Reform, marked up and passed on Friday core components of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package championed by the Biden administration. The relief bill, the “American Rescue Plan,” included key Vermont legislative priorities that Welch (D-Vermont) successfully fought for that will deliver immediate financial relief to families and sta...

By Staff Networkmaine, a technology arm of the University of Maine System, on Wednesday announced a partnership with the Maine Department of Education to upgrade internet connections in the states classrooms from pre-K to grade 12. The Maine School and Library Network initiative, called the MSLN Gigabit Upgrade, responds to a growing need, exposed by the pandemic, to improve broadband connectivity for remote learning, according to a news release. “COVID’s effects on our educ...

BW Businessworld IBM Will Pay $24.25 Million To Resolve FCC Probes IBMs payment will resolve two FCC investigations that have spanned nearly 15 years over its alleged violations of "E-Rate" program rules in connection with New York City and El Paso school districts. Photo Credit : IBM Corp has agreed to pay $24.25 million to resolve a pair of investigations by the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) over subsidies awarded to connect schools and libraries to broadband. IBMs payment will reso...