Consumer advocates are sounding the alarm over a wide-ranging proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to change how decisions about federal funding are made.
6-3 decision preserves affordable access to highspeed internet and phone for homes, schools, libraries, and other public facilities in underserved areas WASHINGTON – People in rural and low-income communities notched a win today with a U.S. Supreme Court decision preserving funding that ensures affordable and reliable phone and internet service is available in rural and…
This school year, if Congress doesn’t act, millions of households that currently have broadband internet access could lose it.
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The National Consumer Law Center and the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry produced a new State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit that contains resources to help frontline groups that are working to provide broadband and communication assistance to incarcerated people, people with disabilities, low-income households, veterans, aging and rural populations, people facing language barriers,…
