A press release announcing the results of the Phase 1 auction for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The program awarded $9.2 billion to 180 projects in 49 states and the Northern Mariana Islands. It will bring broadband to 5.2 million addresses.

The homepage for the Department of Agriculture’s Rural eConnectivity Program. ReConnect, as it is commonly known, awards loans and grants for broadband projects in rural areas.

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This webpage is a collection of resources designed to serve as starting point into federal outreach efforts for municipal officials, local leaders, and community advocates. It contains information about the federal agencies responsible for broadband policy and how to contact the officials who can provide assistance.

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An issue brief that examines how states are structuring their grant program funding, eligibility, and objectives. The piece looks at how the programs affect infrastructure deployment, with examples of strategies employed by states to increase broadband proliferation.

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This 2020 broadband plan from the State of Utah summarizes the history of State broadband initiatives and outlines strategic goals and initiatives to continue to steer the course of deploying and expanding broadband in the State. These initiatives include maintaining existing infrastructure, connecting and upgrading services to schools and libraries, and continuing efforts to connect healthcare sites through the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN).

This playbook from US Ignite is a transcription of the Ignite on Air podcast, in which leaders from American cities shared their experiences with smart city small cells. They describe their interactions with wireless carriers and provide insight related to permitting, deployment strategies, and revenue opportunities.

This set of recommendations proposes establishing an advanced wireless strategy to accelerate 5G deployment while developing next generation wireless technologies across America. This resource addresses the challenges of advancing 5G technologies and examines the proposed actions and necessary investments.

This resource presents excerpts from a conversation between US Ignite Director of Community Development Lee Davenport and Gigi Sohn of the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy. Sohn provides an overview of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework Bill (BIF) and outlines key federal funding insights for smart communities and cities.

This report from 2019 explains how more than 800,000 people in Pennsylvania, many of whom are in rural areas of the State, do not have adequate access to broadband. The report documents the difficulties in trying to close the digital divide in the State and creates a methodology—using a combination of old and new tactics—that can be used as a best practice for addressing digital divide issues.

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This 2020 report on the status of broadband in Texas details many challenges to connectivity in rural and unserved areas of the state, highlighting that Texas is one of only six states that does not have a statewide broadband plan. It argues that COVID-19 has underscored the need for a plan to increase broadband connectivity.

This 2017 legislation makes changes to the state's broadband accessibility grant program, referred to as the "program," to promote the deployment and adoption of broadband access services. It also directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to prepare a report updating its January 2017 report on broadband in the state.

This May 2019 report outlines the challenges to increasing high-speed broadband access throughout the State's rural areas. It discusses some of the methods South Dakota will use to work towards its goal of increasing the availability of 25/3 Mbps speeds, including business-friendly regulatory practices, allocation of state resources, and public-private partnerships.

This article explains how the Emergency Broadband Benefit program was created to help Americans who cannot afford internet service get connected during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, an issue with the National Verifier database means that many people are still unable to enroll in the program.

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