Organizations Filed Purposes:
DEVELOP AND EMPOWER A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE OF ON-THE-GROUND DIGITAL INCLUSION PROVIDERS. ENGAGE WITH AFFILIATES AND NATIONAL PARTNERS TO DEVELOP OR IDENTIFY LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL POLICIES THAT COULD IMPACT (FINANCIALLY AND POLITICALLY)LOCAL DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS. EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA, AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS OF THE NECESSITY OF DIGITAL EQUITY AND THE WORK OF LOCAL DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS. SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION THAT CAN INFORM PUBLIC POLICY AND DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS.
NET INCLUSION, NDIA'S ANNUAL DIGITAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE, HAD OVER 350 ATTENDEES IN 2019. THESE ATTENDEES REPRESENTED OVER 200 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION TYPES FROM 32 STATES. THE CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER A DIVERSE POPULATION OF DIGITAL INCLUSION PRACTITIONERS, ADVOCATES, ACADEMICS, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND POLICYMAKERS TO DISCUSS: LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES IMPACTING DIGITAL EQUITY, SOURCES OF FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT OF DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS, AND DIGITAL INCLUSION BEST PRACTICES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
NDIA IS AN AFFILIATE BASED ORGANIZATION, NDIA AFFILIATES ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, LIBRARIES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT MAKE NDIA STRONGER BY PUBLICLY SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT AND ALLOWING NDIA TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. NDIA GAINED 93 AFFILIATES IN 2019 FOR A TOTAL OF 398 AFFILIATES. NDIA MANAGES A LARGE COMMUNITY LISTSERV FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION PRACTITIONERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO COLLABORATE. NDIA HAD 632 MEMBERS ON THE COMMUNITY LISTSERV IN 2019. WITH THE SUPPORT AND INPUT FROM WORKING GROUPS, NDIA DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES IN 2019: WORST CONNECTED CITIES OF 2018, DIGITAL INCLUSION TRAILBLAZERS 2019, WHITE PAPER: WHY SMART COMMUNITIES NEED DIGITAL INCLUSION, BROADBAND RESEARCH DATABASE, DIGITAL INCLUSION START-UP MANUAL, AND DISCOUNT INTERNET GUIDEBOOK.
NDIA ADVOCATES FOR RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE AFFILIATES AND THE DIGITAL USE AND ACCESS NEEDS OF DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS. IN 2019, NDIA: (1) SUBMITTED COMMENTS TO THE FCC STATING THAT BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT, (2) SIGNED SUPPORT LETTERS TO PASS THE H.513 BILL IN VERMONT AND OPPOSING THE FCC PROPOSAL TO PLACE A CAP ON THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND AND (3) SUBMITTED "FRIEND OF THE COURT" BRIEF IN A LAWSUIT SEEKING TO OVERTURN AN FCC ORDER THAT PREEMPTS MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OVER THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR 5G WIRELESS DEPLOYMENTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Angela Siefer | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $71,004 |
| Roberto Gallardo | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Wanda Davis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Corbett | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kami Griffiths | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Windhausen | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Carrie Coogan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Lindsay | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Luke Swarthout | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Amina Fazlullah | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Breeden | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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