Welcome!

1. Welcome! Lincoln County Local Technology Planning Team Quarterly Meeting March 3, 2014

2. Agenda • Broadband Updates • Project Review • Goal 2 – Inventory Existing Infrastructure • Goal 3 – Access & Use • Goal 4 – PUD Evaluation • Closing – Next Steps

3. Broadband Updates • Washington State Broadband Office • Status Update • New ICT Sector Policy Advisory Group • Lincoln County IT • Status Update • MondoPad Demonstration • NoaNet • Status Update • New Business Ventures

4. LCLTPT Meetings – Past Three Months • County Public Works and Land Services • Avista and Inland Power • CenturyLink, Odessa Office and 52eighty • LCLTPT library rep

5. LCLTPT Activities – Past Three Months • WSBO Annual Report published – features Halme Construction • Digital literacy training – WordPress and WSL Gadget Menagerie • Libraries in Lincoln County and Ritzville applied for a Paul G Allen Family Foundation Pacific NW Program • Tracking FCC, USDA and WA State Library funding opportunities

6. Broadband Funding Announcements • USDA Farm Bill passed – budget/planning in March • USDA Rural Gigabit Network Pilot Project • FCC e-rate additional $2 billion over next two years • FCC Connect America Fund (CAF) Rural Broadband Experiment • WA State Library 2014 Broadband and Digital Literacy grants

7. Goal 2: Inventory Existing Infrastructure • Inventory NoaNet Community Anchor Institutions sites • County, libraries, medical facilities and schools • Inventory telecom providers to identify current and planned services • Surveys developed • Interviews occurring in March-April • Countywide mapping March-June • Report due June 30, 2014

8. Goal 2: Library Inventory • Developed survey/process • Survey reviewed by WA State Library staff • Interviews in March – Davenport, Harrington, Odessa Reardan, Sprague* and Wilbur *Did not receive NoaNet fiber – working to identify other broadband options

9. Goal 2: County Inventory • Developed survey/process • Interview scheduled with Brad on March 4th

10. Goal 2: Medical Inventory • Developed survey/process • Interviews planned this spring with: • Lincoln Hospital • Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center • Odessa Rural Clinic • North Basin Medical Clinics

11. Goal 2: School Inventory • Need to finalize list of schools that have NoaNet fiber • Harrington • Davenport • Others? • Data gathering this spring

12. Goal 2: Telecom Provider Inventory • Developed survey/process • Interviews and requests for infrastructure information as well as LC PUD partnership opportunities – ongoing

13. Goal 3: Assessments • Business assessment report submitted • Community assessment • March 20 superintendents’ meeting • Options are superintendents, teachers and/or IT staff interviews

14. Goal 4: PUD Middle Mile Provider • Completed interviews and submitted draft report • Ongoing – final report will include assessment of information gathered in Goals 1-4 • Final report due June 30, 2014

15. Next Steps Final LCLTPT Meeting: Monday May 19 / Tuesday May 20 LTPT Documents on LincolnEDC.org

16. Thank You! If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us! EDC Office edcinfo@centurylink.net or (509)725-1170 or Monica Babine, WSU Extension Program for Digital Initiatives babinem@wsu.edu