ACCESS BROADBAND Reports
ACCESS BROADBANDReports
Overview
“The Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth 2023 Annual Report” and “The 2023 Federal Broadband Funding Report,” were developed in accordance with the ACCESS BROADBAND Act, which requires The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to submit an annual report to Congress. The reports highlight how government agencies are coordinating to align on policy and implementation of the various high-speed Internet programs.
Together these reports include: a description of the activities of NTIA’s Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth; a description of how many households were provided broadband by universal service program or federal broadband support; and an estimate of the economic impact of broadband deployment efforts.
NTIA developed a dashboard to accompany the Federal Broadband Funding Report whose data serves as a benchmark of recent federal investments into high-speed Internet funding programs, beginning in Fiscal Year 22 (October 2021-September 2022). Federal broadband spending from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other federal initiatives passed after FY22 will be included in future iterations of the dashboard.
Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth 2023 Report
The Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG) 2023 Annual Report provides an overview of the work accomplished by OICG across its initiatives over the prior calendar year as it administers the BIL and CAA federal broadband grant programs.
2023 Federal Broadband Funding Report
OICG leads the annual process of requesting interagency broadband funding data to prepare the Federal Broadband Funding Report.
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NTIA lays out path toward greater interagency coordination across high-speed Internet programs
By: Karen Hanson, Director of Interagency Coordination, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
As projects from the Biden-Harris administration’s Internet for All initiative connect people to affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service around the country, coordinating across the federal government is crucial to maximize taxpayer dollars and ensure no one is left behind.
That interagency coordination is now stronger than ever, and yet can be further strengthened through additional action.
To that point, NTIA today released a report based on the Government Accountability Office’s recommendation to assess legislative barriers in coordinating Federal broadband programs, and how to address those barriers.
The report highlights steps taken by agencies to promote alignment and provides suggestions for further improvements.
Alignment across federal agencies can prove challenging because programs are often authorized at different points in time and frequently impose different deployment obligations, timelines, and technical specifications. Despite this NTIA works collaboratively with our colleagues to promote best practices and make improvements where possible.
The report outlines recommendations to build on current efforts, mechanisms currently in place to minimize potential duplication between federal programs, and NTIA’s role in coordination.
2023 Federal Broadband Funding Report
The 2023 Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth Annual Report
WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a new report today highlighting federal investments in high-speed Internet programs.