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NTIA is working to increase broadband Internet adoption in the United States, which will help more Americans compete in the 21st century economy. NTIA's initiatives include an annual nationwide survey and report on broadband use, which can inform efforts to close the digital divide, and DigitalLiteracy.gov, a website with resources for teaching and learning computer and online skills.

The NTIA Broadband Adoption Toolkit (23MB pdf) shares best practices across the U.S.

Broadband adoption research

NTIA's Recovery Act broadband programs

The Connecting America’s Communities map illustrates where BTOP projects are located across the country.

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Improving Rights-of-Way Management Across Federal Lands: A Roadmap for Greater Broadband Deployment

April 26, 2004
Abstract

Report by the Federal Rights-of-Way Working Group
April 2004

To ensure that broadband providers are able to obtain rights-of-way in a timely and cost-effective manner, the Bush Administration formed a Federal Rights-of-Way Working Group to assess the management of rights-of-way over lands under federal jurisdiction. The following report contains the Working Group’s findings and recommendations for how the Federal Government can reform its approach to rights-of-way management to help bring the promise of broadband to all Americans, while ensuring that federal land managers fulfill their important roles as stewards of our Nation’s public property.

 

Report by the Federal Rights-of-Way Working Group
Appendix A: 40 U.S.C.S. § 1314
Appendix B: Standard Form 299, Application for Transportation and Utility Systems and Facilities on Federal Lands
Appendix C: Communications Protocol, Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project
Appendix D: Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-25, Revised
Appendix E: 2003 Communications Site Fee Schedule (excerpted from Forest Service, FSH 2709.11: Special Uses Handbook, October 2002 (Chapter 30, “Fee Determination”)

A NATION ONLINE: Internet Use in America

February 05, 2002
Abstract

A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet provides an insightful look at how Americans are increasing their connectivity to information technologies.  We are fortunate to be able to base our findings on the September 2001 U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey – a survey of approximately 57,000 households and more than 137,000 individuals across the United States.  As such, the data in this study are among the most broad-based and reliable datasets that have been gathered on Internet, broadband, and computer connectivity.

A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet is available in two formats:

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