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Utah Joins National “Internet for All” Initiative to Bring Affordable, Reliable High-Speed Internet to Everyone

With the NTIA…
May 24, 2022
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NTIA Tribal Land and Infrastructure Broadband Program Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements

Department of Commerce’s NTIA Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Funding to Expand Broadband on Tribal Land…
June 15, 2021
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Utah Selected to Partner on National Broadband Initiative

One of eight states selected by the NTIA…
April 25, 2019

President Obama Announces ConnectALL Initiative

Today President Obama called upon all nonprofits, businesses, technology experts, and governments to connect 20 million more Americans to broadband…
March 9, 2016

BTOP’s Quarterly Report Describes Progress and Closeout

On February 5th, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released its most recent quarterly report updating the status of…
February 10, 2016

February 2016 MOTM: States’ FirstNet Coverage Objective Maps Released in RFP

The federal-level First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) issued its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the deployment of the nationwide public safety broadband network on January 13.…
February 4, 2016

Proposed Federal Legislation Updates

Updated November 29, 2016 As the 114th Congress winds down, progress with proposed legislation has been extremely limited.  Recently, however, the…
October 27, 2015

Announcing the Global City Team Challenge

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has teamed with US Ignite to provide the Global City Teams Challenge.…
November 20, 2014

Utah Broadband Project Releases Report on Home Internet Usage

Released findings on why people do not use the Internet in Utah…
August 27, 2014

August 2014 Map of the Month: Transition to FCC Data Collection

Changes are coming to the data collection process for broadband availability mapping data. Since 2010, states have collected data from…
July 23, 2014