The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) will be holding a virtual workshop on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, from 10:00 AM EDT to 1:00 PM EDT, for federal, state, territorial, Tribal agencies, and agencies of the District of Columbia that will soon be eligible to access the FCC’s Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) […]
The FCC will host a webinar on Friday, December 9, 2022 to discuss the funding opportunities available to support Tribal outreach through the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program. The ACP Outreach Grant Program allocates a minimum of $10 million through its Tribal Competitive Grant Program specifically for outreach to Tribal communities to raise awareness of […]
Join the FCC Tribal Workshop to be hosted by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in Solvang, California on February 27, 2023. The workshop will be conducted at the Craft House at Corque (429 Alisal Road, Solvang, California 93463). This event is designed to provide information that will help Tribal Nations identify and evaluate […]
Date: Friday, May 19, 2023 Time: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EDT Host: FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Office of Native Affairs and Policy Location: Virtual (Link provided upon registration) Registration: All attendees must register. To register, please send an email message to tribal.events@fcc.gov by Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Please include the names and titles […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a Tribal consultation on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to make improvements to the E-Rate program for Tribal schools and libraries. Interested participants may email tribal.events@fcc.gov by Wednesday, May 17, 2023 to register. The consultation will be held on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 2:00 […]
The FCC will host an informational webinar on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, on the Affordable Connectivity (ACP) Outreach Grant Program, Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Round 2. The ACP Outreach Grant Program seeks to enlist trusted community messengers to develop innovative outreach strategies to reach qualifying, low-income households living on Tribal lands, to increase awareness […]
The FCC Tribal Workshop is hosted by the Lummi Nation in Ferndale, Washington and will be held on July 12-13, 2023 (originally scheduled for June 29, 2023). In addition to workshop training sessions, the event will include a listening session inviting Tribal comment on current FCC initiatives to promote equal access to broadband and eliminate […]
September 29 at 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Medgar Evers College Academic Complex Building AB1 Edison O. Jackson Auditorium 1638 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 On Friday, September 29, 2023, the FCC’s Task Force to Prevent Digital Discrimination will host a listening session in New York City to gain additional information and understanding from affected […]
Rescheduled from October 12-13, 2023 We are pleased to announce that the FCC Tribal Workshop to be hosted by Penobscot Nation in Maine will be held on November 2-3, 2023 (originally scheduled for October 12-13, 2023). The workshop will be conducted at the Nic Sapiel Building, 27 Wabanaki Way, Indian Island, ME 04468. The event […]
Greetings from the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Native Affairs and Policy will host a virtual webinar on November 16, 2023 to provide an overview of their Public Notice on Tribal Access to Wireless Spectrum and Related Data: Public Notice, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Native Affairs […]
On Jan. 11, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission released an Order associated with the potential wind-down of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The Order provides specific guidance on items such as when ACP enrollments will end and also provides information about what consumers can expect to happen in the coming weeks and months. The Consumer […]