< Previous| tribalnetonline.com 40 WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION? In the U.S., the National Institute of Standards and Technology defines Personally Identifiable Information (PII) as "any information about an individual maintained by an agency, including (1) any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother's maiden name, or biometric records; and (2) any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical, educational, financial, and employment Information." In Europe, data protection is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For GDPR, personal data is "any information which is related to an identified or identifiable natural person" — a much broader scope. In today’s world, is there such a thing as privacy? The mapping app knows where we stop for coffee. Our banks and credit card companies notify us when our transactions are not from our neighborhoods. We share our location on social media platforms. Where is privacy? The world seems to know where we are and what we are doing at all times. Yet the common theme is that “we choose” to give permission to these platforms. We “opt in,” assuming the platforms are keeping our data for purposes that we have chosen and not being used for other purposes without our consent. As a consumer, we should be able to challenge any of the companies that we interact with regarding where our information is within their organization, how it can and cannot be used, and we should be able to “opt out.” The customers now have increasing rights regarding their personal information. States are passing new laws in this area. Is your organization prepared? Where do you begin? To start, the main terms to know are Data Lineage and Data Traceability; these form the foundation for Data Governance. | tribalnetonline.com 40 Joe is CEO of IntelligentTag Inc., and has over 35 years of experience in financial services and casino gaming technologies, with specific emphasis on data analytics and governance. Joe holds 18 United States patents, a bachelor's degree in computer science from West Chester University and an MBA from California Lutheran University. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BY JOE STEFANIAK CEO, INTELLIGENTTAG INC. WHY IS DATA LINEAGE IMPORTANT FOR Addressing Privacy? FEATURE | DATA PRIVACYtribalnetonline.com | 41 There are other standards, such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), etc., that have regulations about PII. Whatever the governing body, PII is any data that could potentially be used to identify a person, such as social security number, driver's license, bank account, passport, or email address. Now that we know what PII is, we need to locate it within our organization. Where is it being stored, who owns it, who is using it, how is it secured, and how do we limit access to it? How can consumers have confidence that their preferences regarding their personal data are being honored? A typical organization, such as a casino, has various silos of data: the point-of-sale system, hotel data, and slot machine data. This data might reside in a data warehouse. Then, Business Intelligence (BI) tools might duplicate some of the data, or perhaps upload it to the cloud. Some of this data is PII. The data lineage for each piece of data includes its origin, what happens to it, and where it moves over time. DATA LINEAGE, DATA TRACEABILITY, AND PRIVACY Data lineage is one part of Data Governance. The other piece is data traceability, which includes the policies and processes intended to manage who owns the data and who uses the data. Together, they form the cornerstone of a strong Data Governance program. Data Governance occurs when a company creates and enforces rules and policies regarding its data. These policies cover topics such as: assigning accountability to employees responsible for data assets, and managing access to data. To start a Data Governance effort, a key first step is data discovery. Data discovery is the process of scanning your environment to determine where data (both structured and unstructured) resides. Data discovery, an ongoing process, can be accomplished through interviews with data officers and data stewards, and/or can be done programmatically by using software tools. Once these data governance tools and processes are in place, organizations can get a better handle on questions like: Which data silos contain customer PII and hence need to be secured? Who owns the PII? Which reports are exposing customer PII, and to whom? In summary, good governance practices help keep operations humming. Such practices help identify which reports might break due to a vendor update — which would help during an audit. Data governance tools that are easy to run and show data lineage graphically give confidence to stakeholders regarding compliance, vendor upgrades, and data audits. When a customer requests to “opt out,” good data governance tools enable organizations to identify data that needs to be modified — both to honor the request and to prove that the request was honored. TRIBALNET MAGAZINE | SPRING 2020| tribalnetonline.com 42 As part of its efforts to promote broadband access and deployment on tribal lands, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened a Rural Tribal Priority Window in the 2.5 GHz spectrum band on February 3, 2020. This 180-day application window provides a unique opportunity for federally recognized tribes in rural areas to apply for licenses for unassigned spectrum over their tribal lands, subject to buildout requirements. Please note that the Rural Tribal Priority Window will close at 6 pm Eastern Time on Monday, August 3, 2020. The 2.5 GHz band is suitable for both mobile coverage and fixed point-to-point uses and, depending on a tribe’s needs, it can play an important role in the deployment of broadband and other advanced communications services on tribal lands. For tribes interested in learning about radio frequency spectrum, its potential uses, and other fundamental concepts involved with wireless telecommunications technologies, there is a pre-recorded “Broadband 101” webinar available at www.fcc.gov/broadband-fundamentals-tutorial. More information about the Rural Tribal Priority Window is available at www.fcc.gov/RuralTribalWindow, including detailed background information that tribes can use to evaluate their eligibility, a mapping tool to help tribes better understand and prepare for taking advantage of the Window, training videos and webinars, and a public notice with detailed procedures and guidance to assist tribes in navigating the application process. The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is available to assist prospective applicants interested in applying for eligible 2.5 GHz spectrum licenses during the Rural Tribal Priority Window. Please email RuralTribalWindow@fcc.gov for assistance and provide the following information in your inquiry: name and contact information for the person making the inquiry, name of potential applicant, nature of tribal affiliation, tribal land(s) for which the applicant is interested in applying, whether they are a federally recognized tribe or a majority-owned and controlled entity, and complete contact information for the applicant, including, at a minimum, the senior official of the applicant. Alternatively, potential applicants may call Cecilia Sulhoff, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0587. Applicants are able to call the ULS Licensing Support Hotline for assistance at (877) 480-3201 [TTY: (717) 338-2824, ASL Videophone: (844) 432-2275]. The ULS Licensing Support Hotline is available Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Eastern Time, except for federal holidays. Other opportunities also exist for tribes to gain access to wireless spectrum, including multiple options in the 3.5 GHz band, which has flexible operating rules allowing for a wide variety of potential uses. In particular, the General Authorized Access portion of the 3.5 GHz band does not require formal licenses and instead uses a Spectrum Access System to provide non-exclusive use to registered users on any unused channels. More information about the 3.5 GHz band is available at www.fcc.gov/rural-tribal-spectrum-opportunities. Spectrum Band Opportunity for Tribes in Rural Areas AGENCY UPDATE: FCC FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION THE FCC’S OFFICE OF NATIVE AFFAIRS & POLICY MATTHEW DUCHESNE Chief 202-418-3629 matthew.duchesne@fcc.gov SAYURI RAJAPAKSE Deputy Chief 202-418-2579 sayuri.rajapakse@fcc.gov JANET SIEVERT Senior Legal Advisor 202-418-1362 janet.sievert@fcc.gov SUSAN MORT Legal Advisor 202-418-2429 susan.mort@fcc.gov CAROLYN CONYERS Program Advisor 202-418-2002 carolyn.conyers@fcc.gov AGENCY UPDATE | FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)importance of implementing a successful cybersecurity steering committee. These committees bring together multiple divisions of a business, placing visibility on cybersecurity and encouraging awareness of security threats. At their core, cybersecurity steering committees provide high-level guidance for an organization’s security program and an open forum to raise security concerns and discuss risks. Made up of key company stakeholders that represent multiple business units, the committee can involve executives, legal counsel, risk management, key IT and security staff, HR, finance, and others. As a result, the committee stimulates valuable conversation, creating awareness for issues that are both grave and minimal while generating a forum for information sharing. In essence, a committee of prepared, well- informed, security-minded individuals can educate other team members on the importance of security and the problems that can affect security operations. Because business needs must be aligned with business strategy as well as any current security implementations, this team will combine a variety of knowledge backgrounds to ensure a cohesive solution to potential threats. As organizations expand in size, market share, and revenue, the disastrous reality of mass data breaching becomes ever more poignant. In 2019 alone, a staggering 5,183 data breaches occurred, costing the average company almost $4 million in damage control and legal expenses. Such restorative efforts exist to protect intellectual property and reputation — a must-have for any organization that handles social security numbers, card data, and personal information. Because sensitive material is the target in these attacks, the need for swift identification, resolution, and prevention is critical. Unfortunately, clean-up after a breach can be debilitating for small companies. For most organizations, it is difficult to master all aspects of information security to ensure an alignment with internal requirements and regulations. Furthermore, client expectations and industry standards can place additional strain on a business struggling to rebuild. This is where the cybersecurity steering committee is essential. At the 2019 TribalNet conference, RSM discussed the Anthony Catalano serves as the National Director of RSM’s Security transformation services team. Anthony has over 14 years of experience advising multibillion-dollar health care and technology organizations on matters relating to information security and has served as a virtual CISO for a variety of organizations. As an industry expert, he regularly presents to boards of directors, and he has worked to advance medical device security strategies, blockchain initiatives and other innovative technologies. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BY ANTHONY CATALANO NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF RSM’S SECURITY TRANSFORMATION SERVICES TEAM Consider a Cybersecurity Steering Committee STEERING COMMITTEE | FEATURE| tribalnetonline.com 44 In the sometimes-confusing and often- changing landscape of business buzz- words, there’s no lack of said “buzzing” around the subject of continuous improvement. Continuous improvement isn’t a new concept by any stretch. It’s been branded and re-branded since the mid-1900s and has evolved through subtle and sometimes sweeping change, with adjustments to nuance, focus, and nomenclature. The origin of continuous improvement centered on a concept called Total Quality Management (TQM). Subsequent iterations, each an exercise in continuous improvement in their own right, were later revealed as Six Sigma (6 steps), Total Productive Maintenance (5 steps), Kaizen (5 steps a.k.a. “whys”), Lean Manufacturing (8 steps), and Plan-Do- Check-Act (4 steps). This evolution makes perfect sense. At the very core of continuous improvement is change, so it is fitting that the discipline itself would likewise progress. Whether your company is taking 4, 5, 6, 8 or 100 steps toward continuous improvement, it is paramount that this effort be viewed as a competitive advantage or disadvantage within your organization. Either way, it is a data point on your competitive SWOT analysis — it just depends on which quadrant you want it to show up in. If continuous improvement is not viewed as a business imperative, it will lack the executive support that it needs to take hold, survive and thrive. It will lose sustainability and become a cliché that is relegated to the shelf with business jargon that makes people cringe more often than inspires (think Net Neutrality). Sustainability is the money-maker in the continuous improvement cycle. I used the word “cycle” on purpose because as an organization moves through the business process cycle of design, model, execute, monitor/measure and optimize, processes can become stale within a changing business ecosystem. Business processes, like technology, are inherently at risk of obsolescence. At some point, most business processes don’t make sense anymore, and yet we continue to do things the same way for a host of reasons: “Because it’s familiar;” “We’ve always done it this way;” “Change is hard;” “It can’t be done that way.” Continuous improvement is breakthrough innovation — a ground-swell innovation that comes from inside and persists over a long period of time, indefinitely if you’re doing it right. It takes more than just one person with an innovative mindset — it takes a CULTURE of innovation, a collection of like-minded individuals with an innovative mindset to launch and sustain continuous improvement. And just like any culture, you have to “grow or get” innovative people with critical thinking skills to create and sustain the culture. It means attracting the right talent — recruiting people that can thrive in a continuous improvement culture. And it means inspiring the rest. Measurement is a great inspiration tool. When people can visually see the impact of change (continuous improvement), they can connect what they do to a meaningful metric like a reduction in the number of accidents, a decrease in cost, time-saving efforts, and so on. The payoff is innovation and it can be transformational. Carbon starts out as just carbon, but with sustained pressure, over a long period of time, it becomes a diamond. Renita DiStefano is the Vice President of Information Technology/Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Seneca Resorts & Casinos. In her role, Renita is responsible for driving the information technology strategy for three luxury casino and hotel properties in Western New York. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BY RENITA DISTEFANO VICE PRESIDENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO), SENECA RESORTS & CASINOS Continuous ImprovementImprovement FEATURE | ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE tribalnetonline.com | 45 TRIBALNET MAGAZINE | SPRING 2020FEATURE | TRIBALNETONLINE.COM | tribalnetonline.com 46 many years in advance, is key. If you have road mapped this all out then you’ve given your enterprise at least 1 to 5 years to plan ahead for these major changes and upgrades. If 4K isn’t feasible, there are many other options. Maybe you only need to broadcast content at 1080P, and it’s possible to do this at 10 megabits per video stream. Those 20 sporting events in your sports bar are now taking up one-fifth of the amount of space they were before, and depending on the application, this may be imperceptible to the guest. All of these numbers have very real consequences for your network and your bottom line. It is critical to both stay competitive in the war for your customers’ attention but also plan accordingly within the IT Department with road maps and frequent honest conversations about what the future holds. The Year is 2020 and we don’t have flying cars or jetpacks just yet, but the worlds of Audio Visual (AV) and IT have officially collided. For years the discussion was about what to do when AV moves from analog to digital, but we’ve officially moved past that and now your next AV system is going to be networked. Is your enterprise ready? When we are talking about AV, what exactly do we mean? At Talking Stick Resort and Casino Arizona, AV encompasses background music/paging systems; sports and entertainment content; table limit signs; conference rooms and digital signage, including internal advertising, infotainment, and directional signage. Most of this takes up precious bandwidth on a network. We are at war for guests’ attention, and not just in the casino and entertainment business but really in all businesses. With technology like smartphones, streaming live 4K video, wireless headphones, and homes filled with Internet of Things (IoT) gear, there is no shortage of devices to distract folks’ attention. Nothing will make a guest move on quicker than a blank screen, jittery audio or a broken display. One thing we have learned at Talking Stick Resort and Casino Arizona is that the transition to networked AV requires not only coordination but also early buy-in from the IT team. Before you bring in consultants, contractors, or any other advisors, sit down with your IT team and develop a roadmap for what the next 5 or even 10 years look like for your AV systems. The roadmap doesn’t have to be exact and it doesn’t even need to be that detailed, it should just be an inventory of all your different AV systems and where you see them evolving (or not) each year. If you anticipate it expanding, note that. If you are just managing existing systems, plan for when they will need to be replaced. This should be done annually as plans change. In these discussions, the topic will inevitably turn to security and bandwidth. Your network is only as secure as your weakest link—don’t let it be your AV system. Change default passwords, keep them secured in an encrypted vault and look into segmenting off your AV systems from the rest of the enterprise network. Sometimes segmentation is a literal requirement of the equipment. For example, some digital audio distribution systems encode with proprietary timing mechanisms to make sure the audio stays in sync throughout your property. This means they cannot share the same network as any other equipment or else the timing mechanisms will interfere with each other. Depending on the size of your facility, creating an entirely new network separate from your existing one is an extremely expensive proposition requiring new switches and data lines to be run. All of it is possible, but at a price, and close coordination of your network manager is a must. There are months, if not years of planning that go into this. Gone are the days of throwing up a couple of speakers and calling it a night. Just like in our homes, everything in our businesses is moving toward streaming video, but unlike at home, we have a choice when it comes to how this will be accomplished. Do you want the highest resolution commercially available to future-proof your system? Do you not have the ability to upgrade the entire network? These are not just philosophical questions or exaggerations, these decisions will have major effects on your bandwidth, and in turn, your entire network. Say you are encoding video content and broadcasting it at 4K, which takes up 1 gigabit of bandwidth per video stream. If, for example, you have a sports bar playing 20 different sporting events on 20 different displays, that is 20 gigs of data you are eating up. That is a lot of data! Future-proofing your environment is a great concept, but planning ahead, sometimes FEATURE | AV AND IT Fletcher Hickey is the Audio Video Manager for Talking Stick Resort and Casino Arizona, located in Scottsdale, AZ. He graduated from Northern Arizona University in electronic media management and is a Certified Technology Specialist that has worked in the AV/IT industry for 13 years. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BY FLETCHER HICKEY AUDIO VISUAL MANAGER, TALKING STICK RESORT AND CASINO The AV and IT Connection IN THE NEXT PHASE| tribalnetonline.com 48 reservation to receive their medications at little cost. We are also having discussions about the possibility of creating a patient portal and an app that would help reach our people living in other parts of Indian Country. We understand that health care and technology go hand in hand and we are doing our best to keep pace with current trends. This is what the future looks like for Wind River Family and Community Healthcare, where none of our people will go without medical help, no matter where they are. We will uphold our mission, “Wind River Cares.” More information can be found at www.windrivercares.com. IN THE BEGINNING... We are Wind River Family and Community Healthcare, and January 16, 2016 marks the beginning of our amazing story. In 2016 we had only one clinic within the boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation in Central Wyoming. We found ourselves in the middle of vast, beautiful lands but this also put us at a significant disadvantage in reaching our patients. Barriers like not having reliable transportation kept our patients from seeking medical help for anything from acute problems to chronic illnesses. It became our mission to start the work necessary to get all of our patients—no matter where they were located—on the road to better health. Indian Health Services (IHS) had just entered into a 638 contract with the Northern Arapaho Tribe. This contract allowed the tribe to manage their own health care system for all federally- recognized tribal members and their descendants within our area. Access to IHS’s Research and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) servers allowed the tribe to keep providing medical services to patients. However, this connection also allowed for possible breaches into their system, therefore a more robust security system was necessary. In October of that year, two individuals began the work to set up the infrastructure necessary to fit our growing needs and established a connection with the Billings Area offices which allowed for sharing of information. Still, we needed to keep patient privacy and continuity of care at the forefront of our work. LIGHTING SPEED INTO THE 20TH CENTURY… Technical advancements with Wind River Internet (a Northern Arapaho tribal-owned business) brought the Wind River Indian Reservation into the 20th century. The Fiber to the Home Project had laid miles and miles of fiber along the main road on the reservation. Wind River Family and Community Healthcare utilized this company for Internet access and phone systems. The infrastructure for using this fiber started at our Riverton Clinic. In Riverton, we implemented brand new equipment that served as a backbone. This backbone operated at 100 GB, the fastest that information could be shared at that time. The infrastructure reached our Riverton, Arapahoe, and Ethete Clinics using RPMS and EHR. This allowed us to see patients at any one of our sites with no lapse in time and without missing vital information about our patients. TO PRESENT DAY... Our IT staff has now grown from two to six very talented individuals that are committed to the communication and security of our healthcare system. Wayne Hatch oversees the security; Corina Teves oversees our Clinical Informatics; Steven Blankenship oversees the maintenance of our equipment; Dillion Noonan, Delmar Wesaw, and Richard Gonzales oversee our daily functions to ensure our connectivity and processes. There is a lot of ground to cover among all three clinic locations and our team does an exceptional job. Today, our onsite services include medical, dental, optometry, behavioral health, in-house pharmacy and labs. Pediatric, Diabetic, and Community Outreach services have expanded. Other onsite services include Benefits Coordination, Environmental Health, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence awareness and assistance. FORWARD THINKING... Wind River Family and Community Healthcare is striving for excellence in providing medical services to all our patients, including those living both on and off the reservation. Telehealth will be a service that we look to bring soon to our patients. TeleHealth would deliver and facilitate health-related services like medical care, provider and patient education, health information, and self- care via telecommunications and digital communication. We are working hard to reach out beyond our reservation to help our people that need medical help. We are also working to help our patients receive their medications through the mail, although this service is still in the planning stages. We are hopeful that by mailing medications we will be able to help patients living off the Mr. Richard Brannan has served in the healthcare industry for over seventeen years. He was a member of the Northern Arapaho Business Council for eight years and served as its Chairman for two years. Richard’s commitment to helping the people of the Northern Arapaho Tribe continues through his leadership of Wind River Family and Community Healthcare. RICHARD BRANNAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WIND RIVER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FEATURE | COMMUNITY HEALTH Lisa is a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe and a lifelong resident of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Ms. Yawakia has been using her passion for communication in her work for the Northern Arapaho Tribe for 23 years. Today, she works to promote the systems and services of Wind River Family and Community Healthcare. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BY LISA M. YAWAKIA COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, WIND RIVER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE OUR LEADERSHIP HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE COMMUNITY HEALTH: One Tribe's Journeytribalnetonline.com | 49 SPRING 2020 | TRIBALNET MAGAZINE AMERICAN BROADBAND INITIATIVE (ABI) NTIA serves on the Executive Leadership Team of the American Broadband Initiative (ABI). The goal of the ABI is to increase the efficiency of government broadband programs. The 2019 ABI Milestones Report identified areas of improvement and areas of continued challenge. Thirty-five percent of residents on tribal lands lack access to fixed land-based 25Mbps/3Mbps broadband access. A similar disparity exists for the rate of 4G/LTE coverage. Sixty-four percent of tribal residents have access to 4G/LTE coverage, compared to 70% of other rural residents and roughly 90% of Americans living in urban areas. To address these types of disparities, the ABI called for different steps to be taken. Among them, the ABI required a National Tribal Broadband Summit, which was held in September 2019. NTIA was honored to participate in the discussion of bridging the digital divide in Indian Country. The ABI also calls on the State Broadband Leaders Network (SBLN), led by NTIA, to support broadband planning and programs in underserved and unserved areas of the United States. The full ABI Milestones report is available on our website at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/ american_broadband_initiative_milestones_report.pdf. STATE BROADBAND LEADERS NETWORK (SBLN) The BroadbandUSA program convenes and facilitates the State Broadband Leaders Network (SBLN), a community of practitioners who work on state broadband initiatives. SBLN participants share priorities and best practices and discuss emerging telecommunications policy issues. The network also provides a forum to strengthen policy and program connections among states, local jurisdictions and federal agencies. The BroadbandUSA website serves as a clearinghouse of state broadband programs and contacts. NATIONAL BROADBAND AVAILABILITY MAP Part of the challenge of effectively addressing the digital divide on tribal land, or anywhere else in the U.S., is having reliable and comprehensive mapping data. Broadband mapping is a tool used to specify where broadband has and has not already been deployed. This helps ensure that federal, state and local dollars are going where they are needed most. In 2018, Congress charged NTIA with creating a National Broadband Availability Map, which would combine existing FCC broadband coverage data with state, local, and private-sector data. The first several partner states were announced in October of 2019: California, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Utah. NTIA hopes to continue to add additional states as progress is made. Currently, the map is only usable by certain government partners, due to the map containing proprietary data. IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY In August of 2019, NTIA announced more than $109 million in grants to states and tribal nations for the 911 Grant Program. This program assists 911 centers in upgrading to Next Generation 911 (NG911) capabilities. NG911 gives 911 call centers more robust tools to help keep their communities safe. The 911 Grant money helps call centers manage call overload, provide job training, and install mapping technology that allows 911 operators to better connect callers with vital emergency services. BROADBANDUSA WEBINARS BroadbandUSA presents an hour-long webinar on the third Wednesday of every month at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on a range of topics of interest to policymakers, decision-makers, practitioners and consumers. These events showcase practitioners speaking and taking questions on a range of topics including best practices for improving broadband deployment, digital literacy, digital inclusion and e-government. The webinars are open to the public and the press. Past webinars are archived on the BroadbandUSA website at https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/past-event. BROADBANDUSA PUBLICATIONS The Power of Broadband Partnership: A Toolkit for Local and Tribal Governments https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/sites/default/files/resource-files/bbusa_power_broadband_ partnerships.pdf This publication provides an overview of common broadband partnership models and identifies several factors that communities should consider when developing a successful partnership. The goal of this toolkit is to equip communities with the know-how to implement their broadband projects with partners who can provide resources and expertise. Guide to Federal Funding of Broadband Projects https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/sites/default/files/resource-files/bbusa_federalfunding_all_ 190409.pdf This publication provides an overview of available federal broadband programs and potential sources of federal funding for broadband planning. For more information on accessing local and government tribal toolkits contact: broadbandusa@ntia.gov. AGENCY UPDATE: NTIA NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) | AGENCY UPDATE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (NTIA) | AGENCY UPDATE The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) BroadbandUSA program promotes innovation and economic growth by supporting efforts to expand broadband access and meaningful use across America. BroadbandUSA serves local, state and tribal governments; industry; and nonprofits that seek to expand broadband connectivity and promote digital inclusion. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ACCESSING LOCAL AND GOVERNMENT TRIBAL TOOLKITS CONTACT: JEAN RICE Senior Program Specialist for Broadband 202-482-2614 JRice@ntia.doc.gov www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandusa BroadbandUSA National Telecommunications and Information Administration United States Department of CommerceNext >