Dec 22, 2020 | Blog Entry, By Brittany-Rae Gregory, By Corian Zacher, By Ryan Johnston, COVID-19, Federal Policy, NCC News, News, Press Releases
View a pdf of this press release here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany-Rae Gregory brittany-rae@nextcenturycities.org NEXT CENTURY CITIES ISSUES STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF CONGRESSIONAL COVID-19 RELIEF BILL Washington D.C. (December 22, 2020) – On December...
Sep 9, 2020 | Blog Entry, COVID-19, News
By: Amber O’Brien Amber O’Brien is earning her master’s degree in Psychological Science at Texas Woman’s University, researching biological and social factors of anxiety and depression, with an emphasis on health inequities. Mental health is threatened...
Jul 27, 2020 | Blog Entry, By NCC Staff, News
The Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) is an organization that prepares women for leadership roles in public policy. In its 2020 summer seminar series, Women in Science and Health Innovation, Next Century Cities (NCC) was invited to discuss how broadband...
May 29, 2020 | By NCC Staff, NCC News
On May 27, 2020, Next Century Cities participated in an Aspen Digital roundtable discussion on what the coronavirus pandemic revealed about the need for high-speed connectivity. A wide range of voices from within the Internet ecosystem were invited to share...
May 21, 2020 | By NCC Staff, COVID-19, NCC News
Next Century Cities joined the National League of Cities’ (NLC) call for federal aid and economic relief for municipalities grappling with coronavirus (COVID-19) response. Like Next Century Cities, NLC elevates the voices of local officials in cities, towns, and...
May 19, 2020 | By Lukas Pietrzak, COVID-19, NCC News
On May 13, 2020, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a virtual hearing to discuss the nation’s broadband infrastructure amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. The importance of broadband access was the topic du jour for the Senator’s and their...
Apr 3, 2020 | COVID-19, NCC News
On April 3, Next Century Cities sent the following letter to the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of its members. Next Century Cities _ Letter on COVID-19 Response and Broadband Deployment (April 3,...
Nov 11, 2021 | Blog Entry, By NCC Staff, Community, Digital Inclusion, Federal Policy
On October 29, 2021, Next Century Cities joined comments led by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) regarding the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) proposal to rescind its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule issued in June 2020. In...
Nov 2, 2021 | Blog Entry, By Lukas Pietrzak, By Ryan Johnston, FTC
On October 28, 2021, Next Century Cities submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging the agency to take action on protecting consumers’ privacy rights and providing more oversight related to online data collection and management. The letter underscored...
Oct 18, 2021 | Blog Entry, By Lukas Pietrzak, COVID-19, Digital Divide, Homelessness, Transient
Americans share a common experience when moving into a new home: searching for and subscribing to home Internet. However, many people in the United States lack a prerequisite for this experience – a home address. Homelessness is on the rise. According to the most...
Oct 18, 2021 | Blog Entry, By Brittany-Rae Gregory, By Francella Ochillo, Device Access, Digital Divide, Digital Equity, Digital Inclusion
Lydia X. Z. Brown is an advocate who is changing the way that people think about equity for people with disabilities. In several capacities, as Policy Counsel with Center for Democracy & Technology, a Georgetown University lecturer, and an impassioned disability...
Sep 17, 2021 | Blog Entry, Broadband Access, Broadband Adoption, By Lukas Pietrzak, Homework Gap
Every year, back-to-school elicits a feeling of excitement and nervousness for over 50 million students across the country. This year, those feelings are even more potent. For a year and a half, over 90% of students in the US participated in some form of distance...
