In Clinton County, MO, one of our Project OVERCOME communities, Kathy Kiely, The Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at Missouri University led a media literacy training effort for the Clinton County residents to prevent the spread of misinformation.

US Ignite created the InnovateSLC training, in partnership with the Economic Development Administration, to teach small businesses in the area about the smart city space and its role in economic growth. 

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In this second part of our analysis of the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act we explain the role of state broadband offices, where to find them, and how to initiate a successful partnership.

Dr. Rebecca Hammons is an Associate Professor at Ball State University with 40 years of experience working as a software executive. Recently, Dr. Hammons also served as the IEEE IoT Initiative’s Smart Cities Working Group co-chair. Given her expertise in ethics, we asked her for recommendations on how smart communities can operationalize ethics.

Over the last eight months, our proposed Civic Trust Framework has helped our communities evaluate their smart city projects through the people and policy lens. Here we go through the most common privacy concerns communities express and four narrative traps that community leaders must avoid.  

Smart Community Sparks: Project OVERCOME Partnerships for Broadband Success

Augmented reality (AR) no longer only applies to games and social media fun. The innovative use of AR technologies can add value to the lives of community members like those above. US Ignite partnered with Reality Labs to launch the AR Developer Challenge grant to help communities discover and leverage the possibilities of AR.

A Conversation between our Smart Communities and Gigi Sohn, Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate on the Infrastructure Bill

Here are a few examples of how our Project OVERCOME communities are proactively engaging their residents ahead of deploying their tech solutions for connecting the unconnected.

In June, Blue River hosted the McKenzie International event, a track meet for athletes competing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. To enable the livestream pay-per-view of the event, project OVERCOME partners utilized CBRS to bring Internet connectivity to McKenzie Track for the very first time.