[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: FCC Tribal Broadband, Telecom, and Broadcast Workshop - Sep 20-22 Highlights

[Richard Lowenberg]

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Subject: FCC Tribal Broadband, Telecom, and Broadcast Workshop - Sep 
20-22 Highlights
Date: 2016-09-12 11:00
 From: Lyle Ishida <Lyle.Ishida at fcc.gov>
To: Lyle Ishida <Lyle.Ishida at fcc.gov>


Aloha auinala - a warm and pleasant good afternoon!

We are just around the corner for the last of the FCC's Tribal
Broadband, Telecom, and Broadcast Training and Consultation Workshops
for the Federal fiscal year. It will be conducted at the Vee Quiva Hotel
and Casino in Laveen Village, AZ from September 20-22. I wanted to send
around the agenda and some event highlights and encourage your
participation. The agenda includes:

· A briefing and information from a USDA official on its Computers for
Learning Program. The program allows for schools (including Tribal
schools and schools in and around Tribal lands) as well as nonprofit
educational organizations to acquire computer equipment that has been
deemed by the Federal government FOR FREE. This can be a real benefit to
Tribes and the schools that serve them!

· A briefing from the USDA on grant and loan programs available for
Tribes who seek to build out and maintain their own telecom or broadband
networks.

· A separate one-day track for Tribes about the E-rate program, which
provides funding for networking schools and libraries.

I have attached a copy of the event's agenda.

Registration is FREE and can be accomplished by a simple email to
native at fcc.gov. We ask that you forward this email to all Tribal elected
and appointed officials involved in education and schools, economic
development, cultural preservation, public safety, and grant writing and
governmental funding issues. If any Tribes seek Consultation with the
FCC at the event, please let us know and we will schedule it during the
workshop.

Feel free to call or return this email with any questions you can have
or any ways we can support you.

Respectfully,

Lyle

LYLE S. ISHIDA

Acting Chief

Office of Native Affairs and Policy

Federal Communications Commission

(202) 418-8240

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