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877,255 N.C. Households Rely on the Affordable Connectivity Program to Get Internet Service and Stay Connected
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 6:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Annual Recognition Highlights Importance of Online Safety
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 12:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper today announced the state’s first Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program awards totaling $22 million that will connect 6,012 households and 164 businesses in 14 counties to high-speed internet.
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 6:07 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Grants will bring broadband to 25,000 N.C. households in 33 counties
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 7:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded North Carolina more than $1.5 billion to fund high-speed internet infrastructure under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2023 @ 4:17 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Information Technology Secretary Jim Weaver toured Southern School of Energy and Sustainability in Durham.
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 @ 10:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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State Awards $1.4 Million to Expand Digital Equity & Literacy Initiatives at Correctional InstitutesThe N.C. Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Division of Broadband and Digital Equity announced $1.4 million for correctional institutions including Hyde Correctional Institute and Tyrrell Prison Work Farm
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 8:23 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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Gov. Roy Cooper's latest executive order bans TikTok and WeChat from state government computers and mobile phones.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order prohibiting the use of certain applications and websites on state devices including computers and mobile phones.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 4:09 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Following the damage and destruction Hurricane Ian left across North Carolina and the Southeast last week, state officials are warning all North Carolinians to be on higher alert for online scams and threats.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 1:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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Initial Phase to Fund Projects by State Agencies, Universities and Community Colleges
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 1:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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State’s largest round of GREAT grant awards will connect nearly 85,000 households and more than 2,400 businesses to broadband
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 9:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper spoke at the 911 Board Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) Manager’s Meeting today in Greensboro to thank emergency services personnel for their work to keep North Carolina communities safe and healthy.
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 11:02 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Grants funded by ARPA to connect 13,000 plus families to high-speed internet part of Governor Cooper’s plan to close the digital divide
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 8:25 am
By: Governor's Office
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Grants to connect thousands more families to high-speed internet are part of Governor Cooper’s plan to close the digital divide
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 8:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All Initiative will invest $45 billion to provide affordable, reliable and high-speed internet for everyone in America by 2030
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 12:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 254 formally establishing the State of North Carolina Joint Cybersecurity Task Force.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 4:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Internet Service Providers encouraged to apply for GREAT Grants by April 4
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 10:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper is again encouraging high school students in North Carolina to explore careers in cybersecurity by participating in CyberStart America, a free online cybersecurity competition sponsored by the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation and SANS Institute.
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 9:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in North Carolina, kicking off a monthlong campaign by the N.C. Department of Information Technology to educate people about online threats.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 2:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Urges N.C. Families to Sign Up Starting May 12 for Discounts on Internet, Computers
Published: Friday, May 7th, 2021 @ 2:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Still cannot get high-quality, reliable, high-speed internet service at home? You are not alone.
Published: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 @ 4:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced James “Jim” Weaver will serve as Secretary and state Chief Information Officer at the Department of Information Technology.
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ 11:40 am
By: Governor's Office
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Grants will fund projects Columbus, Duplin and Graham counties
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 @ 9:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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Projects in 11 rural counties awarded GREAT grants and COVID-19 Recovery Act funding
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 4:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Thomas Parrish IV, 27-year veteran of municipal and state government, will serve as Acting Secretary
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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Starting this week, additional school buses will bring internet access to communities without it to help more North Carolina students connect to school online.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 1:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Eric Boyette and Tracy Doaks Sworn in as Secretaries of Transportation and Information Technology
Published: Monday, March 2nd, 2020 @ 9:49 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 4:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper has named Eric Boyette to serve as the next Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:40 am
By: Governor's Office
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper announced high-speed internet will expand in in Columbus County thanks to a federal grant announced today a $7.9 million ReConnect Pilot Program grant.
Published: Friday, December 13th, 2019 @ 5:13 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Department of Information Technology have partnered with nine library systems and four municipalities to improve internet access in rural communities.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 6:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper today issued Executive Order No. 91 to increase internet access across North Carolina including through a new Governor's Task Force on Connecting North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2019 @ 11:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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