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<p class="MsoNormal">For those of you interested, today, Microsoft released its own
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new interactive</a> tool to help identify places in the United States that <b>are unserved and underserved</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The tool was created by Microsoft’s Chief Data Science Officer Juan Lavista Ferres and the Microsoft AI for Good Lab. It aggregates public data from the Census Bureau, the FCC, BroadbandNow and Microsoft’s own broadband usage data. It goes
census tract by census tract, examining 20 different indicators of digital equity – such as
<b>broadband access, usage, education, and poverty rates</b>. This data provides an aggregated score of digital inequity in the community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The link is now located on <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/admin/statistics">
Library of Michigan’s Statistics</a> page under “Other Useful Links > Microsoft's Interactive Broadband Mapping Tool.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out this great article for more information: <a href="https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/microsoft-tires-waiting-fcc-creates-its-own-broadband-mapping-tool">
https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/microsoft-tires-waiting-fcc-creates-its-own-broadband-mapping-tool</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara Williams, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Development Analyst (MDE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:WilliamsB39@michigan.gov">WilliamsB39@michigan.gov</a> I (517) 241-2149<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer! Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up!</span><span style="color:red"> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michigan.gov%2Fmeetupeatup&data=05%7C01%7CWilliamsB39%40michigan.gov%7C229be3d5c395412479f308da43410928%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637896243869413186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2FKentPDHK0gbC5LGyAtGVFeXY3Q0mZEb6Gre4KHWRk%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:blue">www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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