Infrastructure

Short case study with lessons learned, gaps in current approaches, and potential models that could move the country toward full broadband coverage at a sustainable cost.

U.S. leadership in space is at a critical juncture. Commercial, civil, and military stakeholders need to take a whole-of-nation approach to handle the increased competition in space, according to a study by MITRE and the Aspen Institute.

When it comes to digital infrastructure, communities lack more than just broadband access. Rather, the delivery of effective digital services at the local level has been hamstrung by three primary obstacles: an absence of data, poor community-government relationships, and insufficient digital literacy among key populations. At their core, these failures all have one thing in common: they designed for the community but not with the community. 

Local media and civic institutions must support one another’s mission if they are to serve the community and its informational, multilingual, and multicultural needs. 

Americans are living 21st century lives using 20th century infrastructure. Now is the time to get prepared for the next crisis as well as for the economic and technological changes ahead. Stakeholders have the insights and resources to address these challenges: we must work across sectors and silos, integrate equity and climate into every decision, embrace community input and data, pursue innovative financing mechanisms, and ground infrastructure in the dynamic needs of our citizens. Congress has green-lit the path ahead. Now it’s time to get creative and work together in this historic moment.

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

Let’s address decades of environmental injustices and prepare all people for a brighter future.

If infrastructure investment is distributed without deep community input, it will fail. The Navajo Nation is a case in point.

One of the most important networks undergirding the US economy isn’t made of concrete or fiber-optic cable. We should give it the respect it requires.

With more than 94 million Americans living near oceans and coasts, it is essential that the plan includes related risks and solutions.