NTIA awarded over $6.5 million to the Digital Equity Act Programs — State Digital Equity Planning Grant and Digital Equity State Capacity Grant Program. Additionally, over $17 million was awarded to the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to help rural Native Hawaiian areas address technology gaps and build broadband capacity for telehealth, distance learning, tele-work and digital literacy. Hawaiian Telcom received over $37 million to develop sustainable, open-­access middle-mile infrastructure, benefiting unserved and underserved communities and improving broadband resilience in Hawaii.