Legislation Details

File #: 2024-1386    Version:
Type: Mayor Order Status: Passed
File created: 9/16/2024 In control: Committee on City Services and Innovation Technology
On agenda: 9/18/2024 Final action: 10/23/2024
Title: Councilor Pepén called Docket #1386, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the MBI Digital Equity Partnership Program, awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury, passed through the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, to be administered by the Department of Innovation & Technology. The grant will fund services and support for residents of the Commonwealth who cannot afford broadband service and/or internet connected devices or lack the digital literacy skills needed to utilize the internet, from the Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology. On motion of Councilor Pepén, the order was passed.
Attachments: 1. $1,000,000

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Councilor Pepén called Docket #1386, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the MBI Digital Equity Partnership Program, awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury, passed through the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, to be administered by the Department of Innovation & Technology. The grant will fund services and support for residents of the Commonwealth who cannot afford broadband service and/or internet connected devices or lack the digital literacy skills needed to utilize the internet, from the Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology.

On motion of Councilor Pepén, the order was passed.