American Samoa Government

Purpose: the Purpose of This Grant Is to Support Closing the Broadband Availability Gap and Support the Development of a Five-year Action Plan.activities to Be Performed: the Proposed Project Includes the Following Planning and Pre-deployment Activities: Research and Data Collection, Including Initial Identification of Unserved Locations and Underserved Locations Consistent With the Rules, Regulations, and Processes the Commission Has Established for Making These Determinations in the Broadband Data Maps; Publications, Outreach, and Communications Support; Providing Technical Assistance to Potential Subgrantees, Including Through Workshops and Events; Training for Employees of the Broadband Program or Office of the Eligible Entity or Employees or Political Subdivisions of the Eligible Entity, and Related Staffing Capacity or Consulting or Contracted Support to Effectuate the Goals of the Bead Program; Establishing, Operating, or Increasing Capacity of a Broadband Office That Oversees Broadband Programs and Broadband Deployment in an Eligible Entity; Asset Mapping Across the Eligible Entity to Catalog Broadband Adoption, Affordability, Equity, Access and Deployment Activities Occurring Within the Eligible Entity; Conducting Surveys of Unserved, Underserved, and Underrepresented Communities to Better Understand Barriers to Adoption; and Costs Associated With Meeting the Local Coordination Requirements in Section IV.C.1.C of the Bead Nofo Including Capacity Building at the Local and Regional Levels or Contracted Support.expected Outcomes: the Outcomes of American Samoa's Proposed Project, "broadband Information Network for Expansion, Equity and Inclusion - Internet for All (broadband Inei Internet for All," Are the Broadband Inei Five-year Action Plan, Strengthening and Broadening the 2021-2026 Territorial Broadband Strategy: Building American Samoa's E-resilience (astbs); and Immediate Transition to All Things Digital to Foster a More Efficient, Productive, and Resilient American Samoa. More Specific Objectives Include Promoting Broader Availability, Equitable Access and Adoption of Broadband; Supporting an American Samoa Enterprise Architecture Framework for It and Communications Through Secured (cybersecurity), Redundant, Interoperable, Asset Management, Sustainable and Green Infrastructure, and Improved Territorial and Institutional Capacities Including Regulations and Legislations; Developing Comprehensive It/ict Workforce Development Initiatives to Fast-track Adaptation of Broadband-anchored Services and Processes Within All Sectors; and Advocating for Developing Long-term Strategies to Subsidize Internet Costs for Low-income Families.intended Beneficiaries: the Intended Beneficiaries Are Unserved and Underserved Groups in the Government of American Samoa With a Focus on Rural and Unserved Populations.subrecipient Activities: the Recipient Does Not Intend to Intend to Subaward Funds.