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Next Century Cities is excited to announce the judges of the Digital Inclusion Leadership Awards! These judges represent a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, including public interest groups, research organizations, and digital inclusion and broadband experts. Please find a full list of our judges below, and don’t forget to apply by February 10, 2017 for

Every day, the team at Next Century Cities fields questions from our members – getting communities the answers they need to make informed local decisions is one of the best parts of the job.Lately our members have been asking how they will be impacted by AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner. Here’s what you need

Several cities and county representatives in Virginia have passed resolutions and written letters in opposition to the Virginia Broadband Deployment Act (VA HB 2108), which would effectively ban public and public-private broadband networks. Next Century Cities has publicly opposed the bill. We signed a letter, along with over a dozen other groups, arguing that VA

American broadband anxiety remains alive and well in 2017. Who of us has not experienced stress and anxiety as a result of an unreliable, slow or just plain poor broadband Internet connection?  It really doesn’t matter what it is we want to do online or for what reason, feeling trapped with a poor connection and

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published two broadband orders. The first, titled “Narrowing the Digital Divide Through Installation of Broadband Infrastructure in HUD-Funded New Construction and Substantial Rehabilitation of Multifamily Rental Housing Order,” would require any new or substantially rehabilitated public housing project to include infrastructure capable of supporting broadband access

Next Century Cities signed a letter to Virginia House Commerce and Labor Committee Chairman Terry Kilgore and to Missouri Senate Local Government and Elections Committee Chairman Dan Hegeman opposing two proposed bills. Virginia House Bill 2108 (HB 2108) would effectively ban public and public-private broadband networks. Missouri Senate Bill 186 (SB 186) would virtually ban local

Executive Director Deb Socia joined Mayor Nancy McFarlane of Raleigh, NC, Mayor Steve Adler of Austin, TX, and President of CTC Energy & Technology, Joanne Hovis on a panel at the USCM Winter Meeting titled “Getting to Superfast Internet – A Playbook for Cities.” The panelists discussed how cities can attract investment in next-generation Internet