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The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), has received a delegation from the Gambian Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure, in Accra. The visit was for members of the delegation to acquaint themselves with policies, strategies, activities, programmes, application of resources, as well as challenges that confront GIFEC in…
By Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News Service Feb 13, 2021 Feb 13, 2021 ATLANTA â Legislation that would tap into a new source of funding to expand broadband service in Georgia got some pushback this week from the telecom industry. Senate Bill 65 would convert a portion of a state fund that now subsidizes land-line service provided by rural telephone companies into a pot of money to be used for broadband projects. That portion of the Universal Access Fund (UAF) is due to expire later this year, a decade after the fund was created. Funds from the UAF would supplement the $20 mi...
This week, I had the honor of joining Gov. Brian Kemp for the partnership announcement between Southern Rivers Energy from Barnesville, Georgia, and Central Georgia EMC, located in Jackson, in Senate District 25. By joining together, these two companies will provide high-speed internet in 18 Middle Georgia counties to 80,000 homes and businesses. According to the statement released by the governor, âThe partnership includes a capital investment of more than $210 million overall. Central Georgia EMC will invest $135 million, Southern Rivers Energy (SRE) will invest $53 million, and Conexo...
Committee Reports House Education Committee The House Education Committee, chaired by Representative Matt Dubnik (R-Gainesville), met this morning to consider two bills and hear a presentation from State School Superintendent Richard Woods. HB 32, authored by Representative Dave Belton (R-Buckhead), amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-251 to require the State Board of Education to create a teacher recruitment and retention program by providing a refundable tax credit of $3,000 per qualifying teacher per year, for up to five school years. The department must pick no more than 100 schools from the list of qua...
House Small Business Development Committee Chairman Mike Cheokas (R-Americus) and his Committee and adopted its Committee Rules. This Committee will operate with four subcommittees: 1) Barriers to Regulation (chair is Representative Tim Barton (R-Calhoun)); 2) Retail Hospitality (chair is Representative Bill Yearta (R-Sylvester)); 3) Incentives and Education (chair is Representative Dale Washburn (R-Macon)); and 4) Agribusiness (chair is Representative Steven Meeks (R-Screven)). The Committee heard presentations from NFIB, Nathan Humphrey, which indicated that the small business climate in Ge...