SHLB in the News

October 28, 2024

• NACEPF and Mobile Beacon Support Calls for Reconsideration of Certain E-Rate Program Limitations

October 3, 2024

• Three Helpful National Organizations for Community Anchor Institutions

October 3, 2024

• Digital Equity Executives Advise on Closing Digital Divide

October 3, 2024

• FCC’s Gomez Disappointed by Fifth Circuit's USF Decision

October 3, 2024

• Nonprofits voice support for upcoming E-Rate whistleblower case

August 25, 2024

• US aims to shore up broadband subsidy loss

July 30, 2024

• Enough Talk About Pole Attachments – It’s Time for Action!

July 26, 2024

• Court Ruling Threatens Source of E-Rate Funding

February 16, 2024

• Utility Companies Push Back Against FCC's New Pole Regulations

February 1, 2024

• Broadband Coalition Asks NTIA To Help Lower Pole Costs

January 24, 2024

• Districts, SHLB Coalition Applaud FCC Approval of E-rate Funds for Wi-Fi on School Buses

October 28, 2021

• OP-ED: "Emergency Connectivity Fund: The case for flexibility and more money"

October 12, 2021

• "FCC announces second wave of emergency connectivity funding"

September 14, 2021

• "It's time for ISPs to pay into service programs, FCC told"

 August 24, 2021

• "The pros and cons of state broadband grants"

July 29, 2021 

• "Infrastructure deal firms up $65B for broadband expansion"

July 14, 2021

• OP-ED: "Connecting anchor institutions to broadband requires access to poles

July 9, 2021

• "Congress fails schoolkids struggling to learn online"

June 30, 2021

• "Libraries and telehealth tackle health-care gap full force"

June 23, 2021

• OP-ED: "Schools and libraries can act now to bridge the digital divide"

June 22, 2021

• "The power of anchor institutions in community connectivity"

June 14, 2021

• "Like taxing horseshoes: Landlines wane, sap U.S. broadband aid"

March 18, 2021

• "FCC pressured to produce broadband maps ahead of infrastructure push"

March 17, 2021

• "CARES Focused on Learning, States Alone on Privacy Laws, Texas’ Broadband Problem"

March 16, 2021

• "Two new bills could put a dent in technology’s ‘homework gap"

March 16, 2021

• "Next infrastructure bill aims to end "digital divide"

March 15, 2021

• "How the pandemic is reshaping education"

March 12, 2021

• "How to help slash your community's digital divide in education"

March 11, 2021

• "Timing of $7 billion E-rate expansion has education advocates eyeing long-term connectivity planning over quick fixes"

March 11, 2021

• "New Jersey says digital divide among students is 'closed'"

March 09, 2021

• "One year in, broadband access and telehealth are two big winners under COVID-19"

February 24, 2021

• "Experts discuss the importance of rural perspective for policymaking"

February 19, 2021

• "Millions of Americans can't get broadband because of a faulty FCC map. There's a fix"

January 22, 2021

• "A new broadband policy agenda for schools, health and library ‘anchor institutions’"

January 22, 2021

• "E-Rate expansion likely at the top of Rosenworcel’s agenda as FCC Acting Chair"