Education and outreach efforts and materials; Acceptable devices (does not include smartphones) and software; Printers; Routers; Provision of residential technical support; Desks and chairs to furnish a designated space for digital literacy; Gathering, preparing and distributing digital literacy curriculum (not creating new curriculum); and Digital literacy instructors. The Staff Report also provided guidance as to compliance, reporting, and monitoring measures to be used after an applicant receives a grant or loan. For infrastructure projects, CD Staff recommends that the Commission require applicants to provide quarterly progress reports at the same time that they submit invoices for reimbursements based on milestones set by the applicants. This is similar to the current practice of the CASF Infrastructure Grant Account. In addition, CD staff recommends that the Commission also rely on quarterly reporting after project completion in order to ensure that applicants follow through with the requirement that they operate for five years after broadband network has been installed. Furthermore, CD staff recommends quarterly milestones for adoption projects with the first milestone at the point where a grantee can begin training residents and the next three at the point when the grantee is able to train 25 percent, 50 percent, and 75 percent of residents. If a grantee is unable to show the requisite amount of residents trained, it will not receive full reimbursement.
Education and outreach efforts and materials; Acceptable devices (does not include smartphones) and software; Printers; Routers; Provision of residential technical support; Desks and chairs to furnish a designated space for digital literacy; Gathering, preparing and distributing digital literacy curriculum (not creating new curriculum); and Digital literacy instructors. The Staff Report also provided guidance as to compliance, reporting, and monitoring measures to be used after an applicant receives a grant or loan. For infrastructure projects, CD Staff recommends that the Commission require applicants to provide quarterly progress reports at the same time that they submit invoices for reimbursements based on milestones set by the applicants. This is similar to the current practice of the CASF Infrastructure Grant Account. In addition, CD staff recommends that the Commission also rely on quarterly reporting after project completion in order to ensure that applicants follow through with the requirement that they operate for five years after broadband network has been installed. Furthermore, CD staff recommends quarterly milestones for adoption projects with the first milestone at the point where a grantee can begin training residents and the next three at the point when the grantee is able to train 25 percent, 50 percent, and 75 percent of residents. If a grantee is unable to show the requisite amount of residents trained, it will not receive full reimbursement.