It’s not Minnesota, but during the holiday season we can celebrate with our neighbors to the west. The National Telecommunications and Infromation Administration reports…

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today has approved and recommended for award applications from Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, North Dakota, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, allowing them to request access to more than $60.6 million to implement their Digital Equity Plans.

Here’s what’s happening in North Dakota…

North Dakota will use $4,549,772 in funding to implement key digital equity initiatives, including:

• Providing funding to state agencies to expand and/or adjusting existing digital equity programs and resources; and

• Convening Internet service providers to establish objectives for a cybersecurity certification program, then identifying a subrecipient to finalize development of the certification program.