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NTIA gave a $7.25 million grant from its Broadband Technology Opportunities Program to increase economic opportunities in California. The grant will provide digital literacy training for more than 675,000 people in low-income communities in Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Orange County, San Diego and the Inland Empire, NTIA said in a release. The training will enable them to “make use of key educational, employment and health resources online.” Part of the investment will be used to coordinate an outreach campaign and to upgrade the state’s One-e-App one-stop online screening and enrollment system. While broadband use rates have increased, “a significant portion of the population is still not online,” said NTIA Administrator Lawrence Strickling. “This investment will help close this gap and help create economic opportunities for more Americans."
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An $84 million investment from NTIA will help the Northwest Open Access Network bring high-speed Internet access to people in Washington. The network will add “830 miles of fiber and eight new microwave sites to their existing high-speed network,” NTIA said. The funds will provide connection opportunities for more than 100 community anchor institutions, including three tribal centers.