The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) will host broadband grant program public virtual listening
sessions in connection with the five new broadband grant programs
authorized and funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act: The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program;
the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program; and
the Digital Equity Act Programs, which include the State Digital
Equity Planning Grant Program, the State Digital Equity Capacity
Grant Program, and the Digital Equity Competitive Grant
Program. These public virtual listening sessions are
designed to collect stakeholder input to help inform program
development and implementation.
NTIA will hold the public virtual listening sessions based on the
following schedule:
Wednesday, January 12, 2022, from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. ET
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. ET
Wednesday, February 9, 2022, from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. ET
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. ET
These listening sessions will be hosted via NTIA’s virtual
platform and conducted as a live public listening session. NTIA
will post the registration information on its BroadbandUSA
website at
https:// broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/events/latest-events.
