The American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM) commend the Federal Communications Commission for moving forward with a tribal library Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ...

The American Library Association welcomes the opportunity to comment on how libraries may leverage the strengths of the E-rate program to quickly address still-persistent connectivity gaps through the Emergency Connectivity ...

E-rate funding is imperative to close the digital divide and advance digital equity across the nation. Simplifying and streamlining the E-rate process would remove barriers to access for Tribal libraries and other small ...

The ALA has long supported the E-rate eligibility of tribal libraries and appreciates all the work and actions the Commission has taken over the past several years to make their eligibility a reality. For example, in ...

The IIJA is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make major inroads towards digital equity for all. The American Library Association (ALA), which represents the nation’s 117,000 libraries of all types—including school, ...

In addition to briefly commenting in support of tribal library E-rate eligibility, our September comments2 focused primarily on the questions and issues the Commission presented in its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ...