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National Broadband Navigator Webinar
National Broadband Navigator Webinar aims to enhance broadband connectivity and development projects in areas currently underserved by high-speed broadband. The central focus of this webinar will be introducing an innovative public spatial analysis tool, the BEAD Broadband Navigator, developed in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation.
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National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) Launches BEAD Initial Proposal Progress Dashboard
NTIA has launched a new BEAD Initial Proposal Progress Dashboard that the public can use to monitor the progress of states and territories as they work toward implementing the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. For the first time, the public will have insights into each of the 56 eligible states’ and territories’ progress toward submitting their initial proposals for the BEAD program by the December 27, 2023 deadline. Initial Proposals are critical plans that show how each state or territory will spend millions – or billions – of funding to expand high-speed Internet service.
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Recently Released Article: America’s Farmers are Getting Older, & Young People Aren’t Rushing to Join Them
Authors David R. Buys, Associate Professor of Health, Mississippi State University, John J. Green, Director of the Southern Rural Development Center & Professor of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, and Mary Nelson Robertson, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Mississippi State University recently published “America’s Farmers are Getting Older, and Young People Aren’t Rushing to Join Them.” This article details how the farming labor force has a problem: It’s aging rapidly. The authors examine the trend and implications of the farming labor force and investigate the data.
