Native Nations and Federal Telecom Policy Failures This report uses three different terms to describe the formal and informal Tribal relations processes and policies used by federal agencies in telecommunications policy, or advocated for by Tribes
Native Nations and Federal Telecom Policy Failures: Lessons from the . . . A new report published today by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) reveals how the sovereignty of Tribal Nations and their own efforts to solve connectivity challenges on Tribal lands can be undermined by the poor design and maze of bureaucracy associated with some federal broadband programs
Native Nations and Federal Telecom Policy Failures: Lessons from the . . . This report examines RDOF’s program design in the context of the FCC’s policies on Tribal nations, highlights the practical and fundamental concerns raised by some Tribes about the program, and considers the long-term reverberations it continues to have on broadband funding for Tribes
ILSR report: Native Nations and Federal Telecom Policy Failures . . . The Institute for Local Self Reliance has a new report (Native Nations and Federal Telecom Policy Failures) that tracks the history of how poor or nonexistent technology policies have hindered relationships between broadband providers and tribes and tribal nations
Broadband’s broken promise: How federal failures and funding fights . . . For many Indigenous and Black farmers, the digital divide is stark But even as these communities push to narrow the gap, shifting policies, industry influence and flawed federal data compound distinct connectivity challenges for each
Report: Some Federal Telecom Programs Failing Tribal Nations That was just one of the major issues found in a new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance about tribal broadband policy and practices The report focuses on the federal Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), a program of the Federal Communications Commission
Office of Native Affairs and Policy - Federal Communications Commission Conducts regional and national Tribal consultation and Tribal training workshops to help build understanding and knowledge of FCC policies and programs that can spur deployment of communications infrastructure and services in historically unserved or underserved Native communities