Citizens for a Digital Future recognizes that adoption of and access to broadband technology -- and its enhancements -- has become increasingly critical to the environment, for education, economic development and health care, among others. Our members support and advance public policies that encourage broad deployment and robust enhancement of broadband and digital technologies.
The National Information and Information Administration has given four states grants to map out broadband availability in their states. The grants are part of the federal broadband stimulus that Congress authorized at the beginning of the year as part of the total economic stimulus package. One of the states awarded a grant is North Carolina. According to this article in Federal Computer Week, the “grants will pay for projects to collect, verify and display data on broadband availability, speed and location in each state, along with related activities”.
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