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11. Summer Days in South Dakota - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
    August 25, 2023

    continue working for pro growth policies that help them thrive and grow their operations Expanding broadband access in South Dakota also continues to be one of my top priorities Reliable internet access is...the Black Hills Sustained investment from internet providers like Midco is essential to expanding broadband access While I m crisscrossing the state I m glad to be able to rely on South Dakota s restaurants...

12. Thune’s Big Tech Algorithm Transparency Bill Unanimously Approved by Commerce Committee - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
    July 27, 2023

    WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband today applauded the Senate Commerce Committee s unanimous passage of his bipartisan Filter Bubble...

13. Thune: Farm Bill Must Prioritize South Dakota Agriculture - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
    July 13, 2023

    working to ensure that my bill to streamline USDA s broadband authorities and ensure funding goes to areas where at least 90 percent of households lack broadband access is included in this year s farm bill Mr...

14. Thune, Luján Request GAO to Review Broadband Regulatory Structure - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John...
    April 24, 2023

    Luján Request GAO to Review Broadband Regulatory Structure Senators bipartisan letter asks GAO to conduct an additional review of federal state and local broadband efforts to determine the effectiveness...Communications Media and Broadband today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office GAO to request that it conduct a review of the effectiveness of federal state and local broadband programs The request...that found overlapping and fragmented federal efforts to deploy broadband services A recent GAO report uncovered that federal broadband efforts are fragmented and overlapping with more than 100 programs...

15. NTIA Remove Liberal Wish-List Items From Its Broadband Funding - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune...
    April 20, 2023

    Colleagues in Demanding NTIA Remove Liberal Wish List Items From Its Broadband Funding In order to fulfill Congress goal of providing broadband connectivity to unserved Americans NTIA must address concerns related...WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband today led his colleagues in sending a letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration...expressing concerns with the 42 45 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment BEAD program s Notice of Funding Opportunity NOFO As part of his nationwide broadband oversight effort to hold agencies accountable...

16. Thune Discusses Bipartisan Effort to Tackle Foreign-Adversary Technology Threats Like TikTok - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
    April 19, 2023

    WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband today spoke on the Senate floor about the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk...

17. Thune, Rosen Introduce Bill to Fix Deeply Flawed Broadband Map, Ensure all States Receive Fair Share of Funding...
    March 31, 2023

    Flawed Broadband Map Ensure all States Receive Fair Share of Funding for High Speed Internet In order to ensure these new dollars are being accurately allocated NTIA must use up to date FCC broadband maps...ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband and Jacky Rosen D Nev recently introduced the Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act bipartisan legislation to ensure that the Federal...National Broadband Map before the Department of Commerce fully allocates broadband infrastructure funding This mapping plays a major role in determining state by state allocation of broadband infrastructure...

18. Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Rural Broadband - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune...
    March 31, 2023

    Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Rural Broadband It is crucial that rural communities across South Dakota have access to reliable broadband services March 31 2023 WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune...Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband recently joined his colleagues in reintroducing the Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act bipartisan legislation to expand broadband access to rural communities The...Federal Communications Commission s FCC Universal Service Fund USF which promotes universal access to broadband and other telecommunications services Currently the USF is primarily funded through landline fees...

19. Agriculture Keeps Moving into the Future - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
    March 10, 2023

    for producers and their data I m also continuing to work to connect unserved areas to reliable broadband because without a reliable internet connection precision agriculture just doesn t work We ve made...My priority is ensuring federal broadband funding goes toward expanding access to areas that currently lack it I ve introduced legislation to streamline USDA s broadband authorities and direct funding to...unserved And last year I launched a nationwide broadband oversight initiative to ensure 79 billion in recent federal broadband funding actually delivers broadband to Americans who need it the most Agriculture...

20. Thune: Farm Bill Must Support Advancements in Agriculture - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
    March 09, 2023

    reliable broadband has long been a priority of mine And we ve made a good deal of progress through federal investments and policies like my MOBILE NOW Act that removed regulatory barriers to broadband expansion...streamline USDA s broadband authorities and ensure that broadband funding goes to areas where at least 90 percent of households lack broadband access Mr President we also need to ensure the broadband investments...to their intended goal expanding broadband access to areas that currently lack it In the last three years the federal government has allocated 79 billion to broadband programs But all the money in the...