The Divide: How Oklahoma is meeting digital needs with Community Access Portals

Light Reading Podcasts by Phil Harvey

Sep 9, 202633:32Technology

This week: Mike Sanders, executive director, Oklahoma broadband office, discusses progress made toward the state's connectivity goals and a new ARPA-funded effort to roll out 175 Community Access Portals in libraries sta...

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