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Lincoln County Technology Planning Team Quarterly Meeting Agenda - March 3, 2014

Join us for the Lincoln County Technology Planning Team's quarterly meeting on March 3, 2014. The agenda includes updates on broadband initiatives, project reviews, and discussions on existing infrastructure, access and use, and PUD evaluations. Key updates will be shared from the Washington State Broadband Office and local IT departments, including funding opportunities from the USDA and FCC. We will also address digital literacy training and outline our next steps. Don't miss this chance to connect and collaborate!

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Lincoln County Technology Planning Team Quarterly Meeting Agenda - March 3, 2014

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  1. Welcome! Lincoln County Local Technology Planning Team Quarterly Meeting March 3, 2014

  2. Agenda • Broadband Updates • Project Review • Goal 2 – Inventory Existing Infrastructure • Goal 3 – Access & Use • Goal 4 – PUD Evaluation • Closing – Next Steps

  3. Broadband Updates • Washington State Broadband Office • Status Update • New ICT Sector Policy Advisory Group • Lincoln County IT • Status Update • MondoPad Demonstration • NoaNet • Status Update • New Business Ventures

  4. LCLTPT Meetings – Past Three Months • County Public Works and Land Services • Avista and Inland Power • CenturyLink, Odessa Office and 52eighty • LCLTPT library rep

  5. LCLTPT Activities – Past Three Months • WSBO Annual Report published – features Halme Construction • Digital literacy training – WordPress and WSL Gadget Menagerie • Libraries in Lincoln County and Ritzville applied for a Paul G Allen Family Foundation Pacific NW Program • Tracking FCC, USDA and WA State Library funding opportunities

  6. Broadband Funding Announcements • USDA Farm Bill passed – budget/planning in March • USDA Rural Gigabit Network Pilot Project • FCC e-rate additional $2 billion over next two years • FCC Connect America Fund (CAF) Rural Broadband Experiment • WA State Library 2014 Broadband and Digital Literacy grants

  7. Goal 2: Inventory Existing Infrastructure • Inventory NoaNet Community Anchor Institutions sites • County, libraries, medical facilities and schools • Inventory telecom providers to identify current and planned services • Surveys developed • Interviews occurring in March-April • Countywide mapping March-June • Report due June 30, 2014

  8. Goal 2: Library Inventory • Developed survey/process • Survey reviewed by WA State Library staff • Interviews in March – Davenport, Harrington, Odessa Reardan, Sprague* and Wilbur *Did not receive NoaNet fiber – working to identify other broadband options

  9. Goal 2: County Inventory • Developed survey/process • Interview scheduled with Brad on March 4th

  10. Goal 2: Medical Inventory • Developed survey/process • Interviews planned this spring with: • Lincoln Hospital • Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center • Odessa Rural Clinic • North Basin Medical Clinics

  11. Goal 2: School Inventory • Need to finalize list of schools that have NoaNet fiber • Harrington • Davenport • Others? • Data gathering this spring

  12. Goal 2: Telecom Provider Inventory • Developed survey/process • Interviews and requests for infrastructure information as well as LC PUD partnership opportunities – ongoing

  13. Goal 3: Assessments • Business assessment report submitted • Community assessment • March 20 superintendents’ meeting • Options are superintendents, teachers and/or IT staff interviews

  14. Goal 4: PUD Middle Mile Provider • Completed interviews and submitted draft report • Ongoing – final report will include assessment of information gathered in Goals 1-4 • Final report due June 30, 2014

  15. Next Steps Final LCLTPT Meeting: Monday May 19 / Tuesday May 20 LTPT Documents on LincolnEDC.org

  16. Thank You! If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us! EDC Office edcinfo@centurylink.net or (509)725-1170 or Monica Babine, WSU Extension Program for Digital Initiatives babinem@wsu.edu

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