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Join us on Wednesday, June 16 at 2 p.m. EDT for a free, live webinar featuring Rob Sokota, ZenFi Networks' general counsel and chief administrative officer. Sokota will share insights on the municipal landscape of New York and New Jersey, and the importance of public-private partnerships. He'll also discuss why 5G is critical infrastructure for the nation’s future.

INCOMPAS sent a letter last week to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in support of the Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program.

INCOMPAS said it "believes it is critical that this $288 million investment be made in robust and reliable networks that can offer greater connectivity today and higher speeds in the future, and we are pleased to see NTIA’s preference for future proof projects that will scale to meet consumer and business demand over time." INCOMPAS also noted it is "critical that this investment be made in robust and reliable networks that can offer at least 1 gigabit fixed connectivity today and higher speeds in the future where it is feasible."

In determining areas that need broadband infrastructure funded, INCOMPAS made three recommendations. First, INCOMPAS urged NTIA to consider information from State Broadband Offices and other state and local officials who can attest to the lack of broadband availability in their jurisdictions, including in situations where state and local officials can demonstrate that the FCC’s broadband maps are not accurate. Second, INCOMPAS encouraged NTIA to consider projects in areas that do not have access to fixed/wired broadband at speeds of at least 100/20 Mbps. Third, INCOMPAS asserted that NTIA should permit BIP funding to be used to deploy broadband infrastructure where it can be deployed faster than other funding programs, such as the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, which is still in process and allow funders up to six years to deploy.

Join us in welcoming Maggie McPherson to the INCOMPAS team. Maggie, a 2021 graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Environmental Science, will serve as administrative and policy support manager.

While at the university, Maggie was president of the Alabama Panhellenic Association, directly overseeing operations and communications for the nation’s largest Panhellenic community and working as liaison between the 8,000-member community and University of Alabama administrators. Previously she was assistant director of Recruitment Counselors for the association.

Maggie served as a business advisory clerk for BGR Group in Washington, D.C., where she provided analytical coverage of Congressional hearings regarding 5G, broadband, transportation networks, cybersecurity, pollution, China, the World Health Organization and the United Nations. She also was an administrative assistant for The University of Alabama, Department of Student Life, giving daily presentations about Greek life, campus life, and academics to incoming undergraduate students and their guardians during Bama Bound orientations.