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The Federal Communications Commission has announced an upcoming in-person workshop that the FCC said will be designed to help tribal nations identify opportunities to develop more robust broadband.
By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
An FCC workshop to be hosted by the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma will provide tribal leaders with information about the FCC’s policies and programs that seek to address the lack of connectivity on tribal lands nationwide.
The workshop, planned for May 15 at the Indigo Sky Casino and Resort in Wyandotte, “will provide presentations on a broad range of important FCC initiatives that support the deployment of communications infrastructure and services in tribal communities,” according to an April 1 release from the FCC.
Topics included in the workshop’s planned presentations will include the Universal Service Fund and FCC programs like the E-Rate Tribal Library Program.
“There will also be discussion on how to follow FCC rulemakings and file comments in FCC proceedings so that tribal nations can help inform the FCC and ensure that Native views and interests are heard in the FCC’s decision-making process,” the commission’s release stated.
The FCC’s announcement encouraged tribal government leaders, tribal service providers and IT managers, government and community planners and managers, tribal enterprise specialists, and representatives of tribal social service agencies, schools, and libraries to consider attending the event.
Click here to view the FCC’s announcement about the upcoming workshop.
