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Home broadband is more important than ever. It’s also seemingly a luxury good.
Just over half of Americans making less than $30,000 a year have home broadband, a service that’s increasingly important for numerous aspects of life, from school to work to socializing. A much higher 92 percent of households bringing in $75,000 or more per year have home broadband, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center.
“That gap has been persistent even as the number of people who live in poor households has gone up over the years,” according to Lee Rainie, director of internet and technology research at Pew, which has been surveying broadband access for two decades.
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The top IT officials of all U.S. states and territories will gather virtually for the second year in a row for the annual midyear conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, running from May 25 to 27.
NASCIO will coordinate the conference online from its headquarters in Lexington, Ky., with presentations and breakout sessions led by state CIOs from their homes and offices, covering pertinent topics such as cybersecurity, identity management and IT modernization.
While state CIOs undoubtedly will share best practices for what has worked for their governments over the past year or so, NASCIO Program and Brand Director Emily Lane emphasizes the program’s focus on the future.
There now is a Massachusetts Senate committee tasked with figuring out how to do that.
State Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, chairs the Committee on Reimagining Massachusetts: Post-Pandemic Resiliency, which met publicly for the first time Tuesday to discuss housing, internet access and affordability, and regional issues facing Southeastern Massachusetts.
Rather than issue a report after a set period of time, Hinds sees the committeeâs role as to study issues facing a post-pandemic Massachusetts and to investigate proposed solutions, recommending or supporting legislative actions as necessary.
The âreimagining committeeâ includes the chairs of committees on education, housing, racial equity, and labor and workforce development.