Partner organizations

• National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors

  A professional association to support and serve the communications interests and needs of local governments.

• Virginia Association of Counties (VACo)

  VACo exists to support county officials and to effectively represent, promote and protect the interests of counties to better serve the people of Virginia.

• Virginia Municipal League (VML)

  A statewide, nonprofit, nonpartisan association of city, town and county governments established in 1905 to improve and assist local governments through legislative advocacy, research, education and other services.

Federal government

• Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (2021)

  Federal infrastructure bill, passed in November 2021; created a number of broadband-related programs.

• Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 521 ff.

  Cable Act, at congressional site.

• Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 521 ff.

  Cable Act, at Legal Information Institute (Cornell).

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

  The principal federal telecommunications regulatory agency

• FCC, Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

  Low-income Internet access program created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (2021)

• FCC Daily Digest

  FCC daily list of releases

• FCC Headlines

  FCC major news items

• FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s blog

  Blog posts by the FCC’s chairwoman

• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

  Federal agency that will (among other things) be in charge of distributing certain funds under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

• Congress

  Congress of the United States of America.

State government

• Virginia’s Legislative Information System (LIS)

  Central site for Commonwealth legislative data

• Broadband Advisory Council

  Advises the Governor on policy and funding priorities to expedite deployment and reduce the cost of broadband access.

• Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI)

  Part of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD): provides funding to extend broadband service to currently unserved areas.

Additional links

• Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

  A project of the Benton Foundation, a nonprofit organization set up by former U.S. Senator William Benton and his wife, Helen Hemingway Benton, in 1968.

• Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC)

  CLIC represents a wide range of public and private interests that support the authority of local communities to make the broadband Internet choices that are essential for economic competitiveness, democratic discourse, and quality of life in the 21st century.

• Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)

  A nonprofit organization and advocacy group that provides technical assistance to communities about local solutions for sustainable community development in areas such as banking, broadband, energy, independent business, and waste, founded in 1974.