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A former Commerce official on the internet policy work yet to be done

The Commerce Department has been dealing with the internet and its implications since at least the mid-1990s, mainly through the National Telecommunications…

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FILE - Motorist traveling southbound on Interstates 90 and 94 for Indiana approach the intersection with Interstate 55 for St. Louis, Dec. 21, 2017, in Chicago. The $1 trillion infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signs into law on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, represents a historic achievement at a time of deeply fractured politics. But the compromises needed to bridge the political divide suggest that the spending might not be as transformative as Biden has promised for the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

You might have thought the infrastructure bill had lots of procurement money. Think again.

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Brendan Carr: Senate bill asks FCC to work with USDA on boosting rural broadband

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Indian Health Service applying IT workarounds in light of poor broadband access

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