When it comes to expanding broadband connectivity, policy makers face two major challenges: (1) ensuring that all U.S. residents have access to high-speed fixed broadband connectivity (“availability”), and (2) ensuring that as many U.S. residents as possible subscribe to fixed broadband (“adoption”). In other words, policy makers are tasked with making sure fixed broadband is both universally available and universally adopted.

“Toward Effective Administration of State and Local Fixed Broadband Programs” explains how state, municipal, and other local governments can best maximize the impact of funding from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and other federal, state, and local programs to develop comprehensive broadband strategies.

“The Great Upheaval: Resetting Development Policy and Institutions in the Decade of Action in Asia and the Pacific,” from the United Nations Development Programme, examines the strengths of the Asian-Pacific response to the COVID-19 pandemic and weaknesses that the region must re-engineer to rebound. Chapter Three, “Accelerating Universal Digital Connectivity,”

“A Handbook for the Effective Administration of State and Local Broadband Programs” is intended to help state, city, and local governments most effectively administer American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and other funds for broadband availability and adoption programs.