NTIA is making nearly $1 billion available through the tribal broadband connectivity program, said Vice President Kamala Harris, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during a White House event. It's part of FY 2021 appropriations (see 2012210055). Tribal governments, tribal colleges and universities, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, tribal organizations and Alaska Native corporations are eligible for funding for broadband deployment, said a notice of funding opportunity. Funds can also be used to support digital inclusion, workforce development, telehealth and distance learning. Applications are due Sept. 1. The funds are a "down payment on the work we must do," Harris said, and "we must keep going until we connect every American household." Acting Administrator Evelyn Remaley said NTIA will "leverage its deep experience with funding broadband programs to ensure that we make significant progress in eliminating the digital divide on Tribal land.” NTIA has webinars June 16 and 17. Thursday's announcement was "a meaningful step forward," said Free Press Policy Manager Dana Floberg. BroadLand co-Chair Mignon Clyburn said "every penny spent on broadband is a down payment on a better future, and we support the White House efforts."

NTIA is making nearly $1 billion available through the tribal broadband connectivity program, said Vice President Kamala Harris, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during a White House event. It's part of FY 2021 appropriations (see 2012210055). Tribal governments, tribal colleges and universities, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, tribal organizations and Alaska Native corporations are eligible for funding for broadband deployment, said a notice of funding opportunity. Funds can also be used to support digital inclusion, workforce development, telehealth and distance learning. Applications are due Sept. 1. The funds are a "down payment on the work we must do," Harris said, and "we must keep going until we connect every American household." Acting Administrator Evelyn Remaley said NTIA will "leverage its deep experience with funding broadband programs to ensure that we make significant progress in eliminating the digital divide on Tribal land.” NTIA has webinars June 16 and 17. Thursday's announcement was "a meaningful step forward," said Free Press Policy Manager Dana Floberg. BroadLand co-Chair Mignon Clyburn said "every penny spent on broadband is a down payment on a better future, and we support the White House efforts."

AT&T expects to meet a deadline of March 2023 for FirstNet completion, and many of the remaining sites will be difficult, President-Public Sector and FirstNet Jason Porter told a Cowen investor conference Tuesday. They are often “remote rural areas, tribal lands, national parks and areas like that,” he said: “We’re building ahead of schedule right now, but we are down to the challenging sites that might be really hard to get access to.” While AT&T is building a 5G core for FirstNet, subscribers are largely using a 4G network, Porter said. AT&T had 2.2 million FirstNet connections as of March 31, he noted: Most connections today are phones, and AT&T expects a growing number of other devices.

Importers bringing power-assisted bicycles and motorized personal mobility devices to Singapore will need a Land Transport Authority license beginning June 28, the city-state's customs agency announced in a May 28 notice. Due to the passage of the Small Motorized Vehicles (Safety) Act 2020, imports under Harmonized System codes 87116091 and 87116092 will require the LTA license. The SMVA also makes it illegal to provide false information on an import permit application or to fail to comply with the conditions of an import approval. License applications are available on the customs agency's online portal, TradeNet. Import licenses for devices that are compliant with Singapore regulations will take up to three business days to process. Inporters of noncompliant device applications must first apply for an in-principle approval from LTA, then complete an import permit application.

Roku locked up pay-one window streaming rights to movies from Saban Films for the ad-supported Roku Channel, it said Thursday. It’s the platform’s first pay-one licensing agreement. Upcoming titles include Echo Boomers, Happily, Percy vs. Goliath and Under the Stadium Lights.

Roku locked up pay-one window streaming rights to movies from Saban Films for the ad-supported Roku Channel, it said Thursday. It’s the platform’s first pay-one licensing agreement. Upcoming titles include Echo Boomers, Happily, Percy vs. Goliath and Under the Stadium Lights.

Roku locked up pay-one window streaming rights to movies from Saban Films for the ad-supported Roku Channel, it said Thursday. It’s the platform’s first pay-one licensing agreement. Upcoming titles include Echo Boomers, Happily, Percy vs. Goliath and Under the Stadium Lights.

Technical assistance including maintenance and repair measures on Belorussian aircraft is included in the European Union's current embargo against Belarus, Germany's customs agency clarified in a May 26 notice, according to an unofficial translation. While an expansion of current sanctions is expected, the release said, individuals and entities should be notified to not repair Belorussian aircraft including that in the Belorussian airline Belavia. The clarification on the scope of the sanctions comes as officials across Europe ramp up calls for greater sanctions on the Eastern European nation following the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk.

U.S. and European officials condemned Belarus’ diversion of a civilian Ryanair flight this week for the purpose of arresting a journalist and called for global sanctions.

“Good cause exists” for the U.S. Court of International Trade to grant Section 301 sample-case plaintiffs HMTX Industries and Jasco Products leave to reply to DOJ’s opposition to the preliminary injunction plaintiffs seek to freeze liquidation of unliquidated customs entries from China with Lists 3 and 4A tariff exposure, said Akin Gump’s motion (in Pacer) filed Thursday in docket 1:21-cv-52.