{"id":68092,"date":"2020-07-17T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T19:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=68092"},"modified":"2022-02-10T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T22:51:15","slug":"national-grange-urges-congress-to-fund-the-broadband-data-act-and-close-the-digital-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/national-grange-urges-congress-to-fund-the-broadband-data-act-and-close-the-digital-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"National Grange Urges Congress to Fund the Broadband DATA Act and Close the Digital Divide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68075\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WEB-NEWS-POST-IMAGE-TEMPLATE-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WEB-NEWS-POST-IMAGE-TEMPLATE-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WEB-NEWS-POST-IMAGE-TEMPLATE.png 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>We applaud the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">discussing the importance of the Broadband DATA Act for mapping communities in America that lack access to high speed broadband<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0 Rural America suffers especially from a lack of access to broadband.\u00a0 Having reliable broadband maps are imperative to understanding where more funds can help support bringing broadband to all Americans.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">However, there remains a lack of funding for the Broadband DATA Act. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Congress has a unique opportunity to make universal broadband a reality by fully funding the Broadband <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">DATA <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Act, which passed with strong bipartisan support earlier this year. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We urge Congress to make funding available soon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 We applaud the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for discussing the importance of the Broadband DATA Act for mapping communities in America that lack access to high speed broadband.\u00a0 Rural America suffers especially from a lack of access to broadband.\u00a0 Having reliable broadband maps are imperative to understanding where more funds can help support bringing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/national-grange-urges-congress-to-fund-the-broadband-data-act-and-close-the-digital-divide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Grange Urges Congress to Fund the Broadband DATA Act and Close the Digital Divide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-grange-news","category-statements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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