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Spreading the Word about your Downtown Wifi Program

Providing free wifi in your downtown can be an excellent way to encourage people to spend more time at local shops and businesses, growing local revenue and marketability. But many local communities...

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ICYMI: North Carolina Looks to Innovative Solutions, Partnerships to Bridge...

More than 70 policy-makers, educators, community leaders and stakeholders convened Wednesday to address digital inequity in North Carolina, focusing on the homework gap: the difficulty or inability of...

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PRESS RELEASE: State Broadband Office Releases Community Playbook

Raleigh, N.C. – Eric Boyette, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (DIT) and State Chief Information Officer, on Wednesday announced the launch of the Community...

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What IS the homework gap?

In many rural areas around the state, connectivity to high-speed broadband remains a problem. No one feels that more than students who do not have internet access at home; they are sometimes forced to...

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PUBLIC MEETING: Executive Order 91 Joint Broadband Taskforce

The May 2019 meeting of the Executive Order 91 Broadband Task force will be taking place on May 29th 2019 at 2PM. This meeting will take place at the iCenter located at 217 W Jones St, Raleigh....

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ICYMI: State is stepping in to help bridge the digital Homework Gap

via WRAL  Keion Parker, 14, seems used to the reaction he gets when he tells people what he wants to be when he grows up. “I want to be the district attorney,” he says with complete confidence. Parker...

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PRESS RELEASE: N.C. Departments of Natural and Cultural Resources and...

Raleigh May 21, 2019 The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Department of Information Technology have partnered with nine library systems and four...

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PUBLIC MEETING: Executive Order 91 Broadband Taskforce

The June 2019 meeting of the Executive Order 91 Broadband Task force will be taking place on June 25th 2019 at 3PM. This meeting will take place at the iCenter located at 217 W Jones St, Raleigh....

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Public Meeting: Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina

The next meeting of the Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina will be held Aug. 27, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. This meeting will take place at the Innovation Center, at 217 W. Jones St., Raleigh....

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Public Meeting: Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina

The next meeting of the Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina is scheduled for: Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 4-5:30 p.m. McDowell Technical Community College Universal Advanced Manufacturing...

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Public Meeting: Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina

The next meeting of the Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina is scheduled for: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 9-11 a.m. N.C. Central University Law School Room 201 604 Nelson St. Durham, NC...

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Public Meeting: Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina

The next meeting of the Broadband Task Force on Connecting North Carolina is scheduled for: Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 1-2:30 p.m. iCenter Unite Conference Room 217 W. Jones St. Raleigh View Meeting...

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NEWS RELEASE: Applications Period Opens for $15M in GREAT Grants to Expand...

RALEIGH – Internet service providers and electric membership cooperatives can now apply for $15 million in state funding aimed at helping bring high-speed internet access to rural parts of North...

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NEWS RELEASE: State Broadband Office Expanded Broadband Access, Worked to...

While it may seem that internet is universal, there are still areas of North Carolina that lack the infrastructure, called broadband, to support high-speed internet in addition to residents who lack...

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Public Meeting: Governor’s Task Force on Connecting North Carolina

The next meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Connecting North Carolina is scheduled for: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 8:45-9:45 a.m. Sampson Community College William C. Aiken Building 1801 Sunset Ave....

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Work Gets Underway to Expand High-Speed Internet in Jones County

Work Gets Underway to Expand High-Speed Internet in Jones County Jan 31, 2020 TRENTON, N.C. The North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Broadband Infrastructure Office (BIO),...

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NCDIT Secretary Eric Boyette Announces North Carolina Broadband Indices at...

NCDIT Secretary Eric Boyette Announces North Carolina Broadband Indices at IEI Forum Raleigh, N.C. — Eric Boyette, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (DIT) and State...

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Public Meeting: Governor’s Task Force on Connecting North Carolina

The next meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Connecting North Carolina is scheduled for: Thursday, March 26, 2020 10:30 a.m. to noon This meeting will be held online only. Details to be announced....

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Public Meeting: Governor’s Task Force on Connecting North Carolina

The next meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Connecting North Carolina is scheduled for: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9-10:30 a.m. This meeting will be held online through WebEx. View Meeting Agenda...

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School Buses to Serve as Wi-Fi Hotspots for Remote Learning

School Buses to Serve as Wi-Fi Hot Spots for Remote Learning Donations from AT&T, Duke Energy Foundation, Google to help equip more than 280 school buses with Wi-Fi FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 6,...

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