Kennedy School's Innovation in Government Award - Nominate Now

Tuesday January 24, 2012

With all the great community broadband network projects out there that are owned by local governments, I hope readers will take some time to nominate some of them for the "Innovations in American Government" awards from the Ash Center at Harvard's Kennedy School. Deadline for nominations is March 1.

Winners of the Innovations competition are eligible for awards of up to $100,000 for replication and dissemination. You may apply directly or you can be referred through an adviser to the program, which assures that program staff will follow up with you to make sure you are eligible and that you successfully complete the application.

Santa Monica won this award last September.

NDIA’s Angela Siefer Among IP3 Awards Winners

Sean Gonsalves

on Sep 2, 2024

Public Knowledge announces 21st Annual IP3 Award Winners. Among the four recipients is Angela Siefer, Executive Director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), recognizing her as a national leader of the digital equity movement.

San Francisco Wins National Award For Providing Free High Speed Internet Service To Affordable Housing Residents

San Francisco with skyline in background

Sean Gonsalves

on Jun 25, 2024

With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) now bankrupt, the City of San Francisco is being honored by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) for its Fiber to Housing (FTH) program that offers free high-speed Internet service to affordable housing residents. Built on the back of the city’s municipally-owned fiber optic network, California’s fourth most populous city is well on its way to extending the city's fiber network to 30,000 affordable housing units across the city.

Colorado and Texas Municipal Broadband Networks Nab National Awards

Sean Gonsalves

on Sep 19, 2023

The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) recently announced that its Community Broadband Projects of the Year Awards for 2023 will go to the Connexion network in Fort Collins, Colorado and TeamPharr.net in Pharr, Texas. Fort Collins is also a part of a municipal-owned communications partnership known as Northern Colorado Community Fiber, which received the Fiber Broadband Association Star Award for going “above and beyond what is expected in the advancement of Fiber-to-the-Home.”

ILSR's Chris Mitchell Receives 2021 Internet Protocol Award from Public Knowledge

Ry Marcattilio

on Oct 6, 2021

Public Knowledge's annual IP3 award ceremony was held virtually on September 23rd for its 18th year.

Public Knowledge's IP3 Awards Will Be Held Virtually September 23rd

Ry Marcattilio

on Aug 6, 2021

Public Knowledge, a nonprofit organization devoted to ensuring that "copyright, telecommunications, and Internet law" evolve and continue to be regulated in pursuit of what is best for the public at large, will be holding its 18th annual Intellectual Property, Information Policy, and Internet Protocol (IP3) awards virtually this September 23rd, fro

Ocala Fiber Network Gallops Smartly Toward Expansion

Sean Gonsalves

on Aug 4, 2021

Even before the central Florida city of Ocala in Marion County became officially known as “The Horse Capital of the World,” the city – home to 61,810 Floridians and over 1,200 county-wide horse farms – was already galloping toward high-speed Internet connectivity.

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