This article explains the Digital US Coalition’s Digital Navigator program. The goals of the program focus on digital inclusion—such as providing tech support, internet access and devices—and opportunities for digital skills and job training.

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This resource discusses the need to address larger frictions in the middle-skill job market, which comprises one-third of the U.S. job market and requires digital skills that workers often lack. The author makes the case for incorporating broadband into new job training initiatives to potentially address the digital skills gap.

A paper arguing that traditional job-training systems currently do not bridge digital skills gaps that middle-skill job seekers face. As the need for middle-skill jobs has doubled, efforts need to be made to integrate broadband into training for those positions, as both a delivery mechanism and a wraparound service.