Policy analyst @Open Technology Institute working on digital equity, broadband and spectrum policy. Previously @ITIF. Mostly digital skills and BEADhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.social/post/3lwrjck2ug22zNEW Open Tech Institute report: The connectivity landscape has changed, and the Universal Service Fund should evolve alongside it. Read our recommended reforms here: http://newamerica.org/oti/reports/bridging-the-gap/19 Aug 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:x4o7bf5oinlyoglnywkdopqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwrjck2ug22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.social/post/3luijzjvihs2sGreat new piece highlighting the Light Reading op-ed I wrote with Nat Purser: Right now Congress and NTIA are pushing spectrum policies that fundamentally contradict each other. For our broadband policy to succeed, something has to give. https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/07/21/the-dissonance-of-spectrum-policy/21 Jul 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:x4o7bf5oinlyoglnywkdopqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3luijzjvihs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.social/post/3lseyghit7s27Republicans have long called to make broadband deployment central to broadband deployment programs—that's why we just lost so many ancillary requirements and consumer protections in BEAD. Now we're tying our broadband $ to AI? What happened to avoiding the "everything bagel" in broadband policy? https://www.globalpolicywatch.com/2025/06/senate-parliamentarian-clears-revised-state-ai-enforcement-moratorium-for-reconciliation-bill-but-passage-remains-in-doubt/24 Jun 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:x4o7bf5oinlyoglnywkdopqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lseyghit7s27https://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.social/post/3loqoply66c2uWhy are we spending $42b+ building networks if there's nobody to use them? Adoption is the major hurdle to closing the digital divide. Most Americans are eligible for DEA funding, not a select few. And everybody's affected by networks that are less valuable bc not everyone's online. https://broadbandbreakfast.com/trump-says-digital-equity-funding-under-broadband-law-will-be-ended/?ref=alerts-newsletter09 May 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:x4o7bf5oinlyoglnywkdopqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqoply66c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.social/post/3lhtqgwuo3s2uTexas pushing to remove BEAD's low-cost option requirement: a great way to ensure the people who actually need the networks being built can't afford to connect. No, the low-cost option requirement is not rate regulation. https://itif.org/publications/2023/12/21/no-ntias-approach-to-beads-low-cost-option-requirement-is-not-rate-regulation/10 Feb 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:x4o7bf5oinlyoglnywkdopqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtqgwuo3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.social/post/3lgbrq7nrv22zLack of broadband adoption is a major obstacle to the U.S. becoming a fully digitally connected nation—one that's more advanced, resilient and efficient. NTIA's DEA Competitive Grant Program is set to close this gap. Learn about the winning proposals here: https://www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/how-the-competitive-grant-program-awards-are-connecting-us-communities/21 Jan 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:x4o7bf5oinlyoglnywkdopqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbrq7nrv22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicadine.bsky.social/post/3lclrb62n322jHappy 30th to NTIA's Internet Use Survey! Non-adoption is one of the most understudied causes of the digital divide, and NTIA's survey is one of the best tools for understanding it05 Dec 2024 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:x4o7bf5oinlyoglnywkdopqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclrb62n322j