[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 35496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14332]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Broadband Grant Programs Webinar Series

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) will host webinars in connection with the three new broadband 
grant programs authorized and funded by the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021: The Broadband Infrastructure Program, the Tribal Broadband 
Connectivity Program, and the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot 
Program. The webinars are designed to help prospective applicants 
understand the grant programs and to assist applicants to prepare high 
quality grant applications.

DATES: NTIA will offer webinars on the following dates:
1. Broadband Infrastructure Program:
    [cir] August 4 & 5 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
2. Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program:
    [cir] August 11 & 12 at 2:30 p.m. EDT
    [cir] August 23 & 24 at 2:30 p.m. EDT
3. Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program:
    [cir] August 18 & 19 at 2:30 p.m. EDT
    [cir] September 22 & 23 at 2:30 EDT
    [cir] October 20 & 21 at 2:30 EDT

ADDRESSES: These are virtual meetings. NTIA will post the registration 
information on its BroadbandUSA website, https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov, under Events.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maci Morin, National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 4872, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-4884; email: [email protected]. Please 
direct media inquiries to NTIA's Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482-
7002; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Division N, Title IX--Broadband internet 
Access Service, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 
116-260) authorized and funded three new broadband grant programs to be 
administered by NTIA: The Broadband Infrastructure Program, the Tribal 
Broadband Connectivity Program, and the Connecting Minority Community 
Pilot Program. On March 19, 2021, NTIA published a Notice in the 
Federal Register announcing a webinar series designed to help 
prospective applicants understand the grant programs and to assist 
applicants to prepare high quality grant applications. See NTIA, Notice 
of Open Meetings--NTIA Broadband Grant Programs Webinars, 86 FR 14882 
(March 19, 2021); NTIA, Notice of Change to Schedule for Open 
Meetings--NTIA Broadband Grant Programs Webinars, 86 FR 18965 (April 
12, 2021). NTIA held six webinars related to these programs, with more 
than 2,800 participants. Participants have communicated that they found 
the webinars to be informative in understanding the rules associated 
with the programs. NTIA seeks to continue to use webinars as a means of 
informing potential applicants.
    Details on specific webinars, their contents, and webinar 
registration information will be posted on the BroadbandUSA website, 
https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov, under Events.
    These webinars are subject to change. Webinar time changes will be 
posted on the BroadbandUSA website, https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov, 
under Events. Any webinar cancellation will also be posted on the same 
website. Any date change in a scheduled webinar will be provided in a 
notice in the Federal Register.
    The presentation and recording of each webinar will be posted on 
the BroadbandUSA website at https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/ and 
NTIA's YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/ntiagov within 7 
days following the live webinar.
    The public is invited to participate in these webinars. The 
webinars are open to the public and press. Pre-registration is required 
as space is limited to the first 1,000 participants. NTIA asks each 
registrant to provide their first and last name, city, state, zip code, 
job title, organization and email address for registration purposes.
    Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign language 
interpretation or other ancillary aids, are asked to notify the NTIA 
contact listed above at least ten (10) business days before the 
meeting. General questions and comments are welcome via email to 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 30, 2021.
Kathy Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-14332 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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