Ten years ago, the digital inclusion landscape looked very different than it does today. Recently, we at PBDD have been asking: given the existence and staffing of NDIA, AFTRR, and the rollout of federal programs like ACP, BEAD, and the Digital Equity Act, is there a role for PBDD and if so, what does that look like?

After consideration by the board of directors, PBDD is rescoping as follows:

• Many of our information consolidation pages (including Research, Public Policy Initiatives, Training) will be archived and no longer maintained
• The notion of PBDD Partner Agencies has been key to our growth and development of resources. However, as the digital inclusion community has grown and broadened, we feel that maintaining a distinction between Partner and Other is contrary to the notion of inclusion that we aim to promote. Therefore, we thank all of those organizations that have participated to date, but we will be retiring the concept of a Partner Agency, and encourage everyone to participate in and contribute to the broader community, as identified through NDIA affiliation.
• We will continue to work with NDIA and their affiliates to identify and develop resources that will serve the digital inclusion community.
• We will maintain resources that we have found to be unique and helpful which don’t overtax our capabilities.

We look forward to continuing to work with you as we move forward into this next chapter.

Barry, Maryanna, and Katherine