Colorado's new broadband advisory group to boost coordination

Dec 28, 2020 | STATESCOOP
A broadband advisory board created last month by Gov. Jared Polis could improve access to high-speed internet for residents during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
The Colorado Broadband Advisory Board is tasked with offering broadband policy recommendations to state lawmakers and streamlining broadband expansion projects that involve state agencies. Polis said the work is especially needed as more residents depend on the internet to remotely access their health care, work and education — all needs that will persist, though in lesser degrees, after the health crisis has ended.
The new board, comprised of state officials from Colorado’s economic, regulatory and transportation departments, as well as Tony Neal-Graves, the executive director of the Colorado Broadband Office, will gauge Coloradans’ concerns about broadband access and direct agencies and private-sector partners on where to send resources so that they’re effectively used. Through the board, state agencies can work together on broadband initiatives that may have been previously siloed from one another, Neal-Graves said.

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