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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced over $108 million in grants for 85 projects aimed at improving transportation and reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries on federal and tribal lands.
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The Biden administration this morning announced new commitments from major internet service providers (ISPs) to maintain low-cost connectivity plans for the rest of 2024. That may be cold comfort for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans, however, as many of the ISPs don’t serve tribal communities.
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Talk about a pilot program: the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is helping to train new drone operators through a state-funded workforce development program.
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Last week’s DOE summit for tribes yielded lots of news and funding announcements, including two NOFOs listed below. Plus, we’ve got some timely news on events and federal contracting awards for tribes and Native businesses.
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The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, or NCAEID, has announced its Native American 40 Under 40 class for 2024.
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The Department of the Interior announced $71 million in new funding available to help Tribal communities electrify their homes.
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Washington, D.C.-based broadband consultancy Tribal Ready said Thursday that it acquired the assets of a Mississippi-based internet service provider (ISP) that grew out of a local government agency. Terms were not disclosed.
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The funding spigot is slowly opening in the third week of 2024, with some new NOFOs and additional grant-making on the horizon. Here is this week’s rundown of funding opportunities, events, jobs, people on the move, and federal contracting awards.
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LAS VEGAS — More than 4,500 attendees packed the Reservation Economic Summit (RES) in Las Vegas last week, breaking previous participation records.
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Tribal communities across the country face a deepening digital divide as the funding pool for a federal connectivity subsidy dries up.