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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank You! If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us! EDC Office or (509) or Monica Babine, WSU Extension Program for Digital Initiatives