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Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251 at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Regional Roundtables on Broadband 

Program Sustainability 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of regional roundtables 

on broadband program sustainability. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration’s (NTIA) Office of 

internet Connectivity and Growth 

(OICG) administers the following grant 

programs: the Broadband, Equity, 

Access, and Deployment (BEAD) 

Program, the Digital Equity (DE) Grant 

Programs, the Broadband Infrastructure 

Program (BIP), the Connecting Minority 

Communities (CMC) Pilot Program, the 

Enabling Middle Mile Broadband 

Infrastructure (MM) Program, and the 

Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program 

(TBCP). NTIA will host seven (7) 

regional meetings for grantees of these 

programs between February and May 

2025. These events will provide 

technical assistance and oversight and 

conclude with a regional roundtable 

that enables the public to engage with 

grantees, local experts, and other 

stakeholders working to address digital 

inequities. During these regional 

roundtables, attendees will participate 

in critical discussions on how the 

internet for All programs are impacting 

communities and strategies for making 

those investments and initiatives last. 

Each regional roundtable program will 

feature experts from local and State 

governments, public interest groups, 

academia, and industry. They will also 

provide platforms for public and private 

stakeholders to align on shared goals for 

every resident to experience the benefits 

of technology. 

DATES: NTIA will hold the regional 

roundtables based on the following 

schedule. Participants can attend more 

than one meeting, but NTIA encourages 

everyone to attend the regional 

roundtables closest to their community: 

1. Regional Roundtable on Broadband 

Program Sustainability #1—Southeast: 

ATLANTA, GA—February 14, 2025, 1 

p.m.–4 p.m. 

2. Regional Roundtable on Broadband 

Program Sustainability #2—Northern 

Plains: BOULDER, CO—March 11, 2025, 

1 p.m.–4 p.m. 

3. Regional Roundtable on Broadband 

Program Sustainability #3—West: SAN 

DIEGO, CA—March 19, 2025, 1 p.m.–4 

p.m. 

4. Regional Roundtable on Broadband 

Program Sustainability #4—Southwest: 

AUSTIN, TX—April 9, 2025, 1 p.m.–4 

p.m. 

5. Regional Roundtable on Broadband 

Program Sustainability #5—Alaska and 

Territories: ANCHORAGE, AK—April 

23, 2025, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. 

6. Regional Roundtable on Broadband 

Program Sustainability #6—Northeast: 

BOSTON, MA—May 14, 2025, 1 p.m.– 

4 p.m. 

7. Regional Roundtable on Broadband 

Program Sustainability #7—Midwest: 

CHICAGO, IL—May 22, 2025, 1 p.m.–4 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: These regional roundtables 

will be held in-person. All general 

sessions will be streamed for virtual 

participants. Virtual participants will 

receive the streaming link upon 

registration. NTIA will post the 

registration information on its 

BroadbandUSA website at https://

broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/events/ 

latest-events. On-site registration will 

also be available, but pre-registration is 

encouraged to receive important 

logistical information prior to the event. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maci Morin, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Room 4843, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 578–6304; 

email: internetForAll@ntia.gov. Please 

direct media inquiries to NTIA’s Office 

of Public Affairs, (202) 482–7002; email 

press@ntia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(IIJA) (Pub. L. 117–58) authorized and 

funded five new broadband grant 

programs to be administered by NTIA: 

the Broadband Equity, Access, and 

Deployment Program; the Enabling 

Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure 

Program; and the Digital Equity Act 

Programs, which include the State 

Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, 

State Digital Equity Capacity Grant 

Program, and Digital Equity Competitive 

Grant Program. The Broadband Equity, 

Access, and Deployment Program is a 

$42.45 billion formula-based program to 

States, territories, and the District of 

Columbia for qualifying broadband 

deployment, mapping, and adoption 

projects. The Enabling Middle Mile 

Broadband Infrastructure Program is a 

competitive $1 billion grant program for 

the construction, improvement or 

acquisition of middle-mile 

infrastructure. The Digital Equity Act 

Programs—which includes the State 

Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, 

State Digital Equity Capacity Grant 

Program, and the Digital Equity 

Competitive Grant Program—allocate 

$2.75 billion to promote digital 

inclusion and equity for communities 

that lack the skills, technologies, and 

support needed to take advantage of 

broadband connections. 

Additionally, the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021 (Pub. 

L. 116–260) authorized three new 

broadband grant programs to be 

administered by NTIA: the Broadband 

Infrastructure Program (BIP), the Tribal 

Broadband Connectivity Program 

(TBCP), and the Connecting Minority 

Communities Pilot Program (CMC). The 

Broadband Infrastructure Program is a 

$288 million broadband deployment 

program directed to partnerships 

between a State, or one or more political 

subdivisions of a State, and providers of 

fixed broadband service to support 

broadband infrastructure deployment to 

areas lacking broadband, especially 

rural areas. The Tribal Broadband 

Connectivity Program—created under 

the CAA and receiving additional 

funding under IIJA—is now a $3 billion 

program directed to tribal governments 

to be used for broadband deployment on 

tribal lands, as well as for telehealth, 

distance learning, broadband 

affordability, and digital inclusion. The 

Connecting Minority Communities Pilot 

Program is a $268 million grant program 

to Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Tribal Colleges and 

Universities, and Minority-Serving 

Institutions for the purchase of 

broadband internet access service and 

eligible equipment or to hire and train 

information technology personnel. 

These regional roundtables are subject 

to change. Session time changes will be 

posted on the BroadbandUSA website at 

https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/ 

events/latest-events. Any event 

cancellations will also be posted on the 

same website. Any date change to a 

scheduled regional roundtable will be 

provided in a notice in the Federal 

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Recordings and transcripts of all 

previously streamed sessions will be 

posted on the BroadbandUSA website at 

https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov and 

NTIA’s YouTube channel at: https://

www.youtube.com/ntiagov within 

fourteen (14) days following the live 

session. 

All members of the public are invited 

to participate in these regional 

roundtables. All attendees will be 

provided a ‘‘Know Before You Go’’ 

guide at least seven (7) days prior to the 

regional roundtables. Grantees are asked 

to register for the events on the 

BroadbandUSA website at https://

broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/events/ 

latest-events. Each registrant to provide 

their first and last name, city, state, zip 

code, job title, organization and email 

address for registration purposes. 

Individuals requiring 

accommodations such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, are 

asked to notify the NTIA contact listed 

above at least fourteen (14) business 

days before the event. General questions 

and comments are welcome via email to 

internetForAll@ntia.gov. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Stephanie Weiner, 

Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–85] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the 

unclassified text of an arms sales 

notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young at (703) 953–6092, 

pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil, or 

dsca.ncr.rsrcmgmt.list.cns-mbx@

mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives with attached 

Transmittal 23–85, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Stephanie J. Bost, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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