Why Broadband Matters: A Look at its Impact and Application for Cities, 2013: Explores how local governments can improve broadband access for residents, develop strategies to help their residents understand the value of broadband, and drive innovation with technological solutions. 
The Broadband 101 Fact Sheet is a useful reference for those who may not be familiar with all of the technical aspects of telecommunications.

Closing the Digital Divide: Promoting Broadband Adoption Among Underserved Populations, 2012: Examines the challenges and benefits of broadband adoption and summarizes current efforts to address these challenges at the U.S. federal, state and local levels as well as in the private sector.  

Gig City, U.S.A.: Bringing Google Fiber to Kansas City, 2012: Explores Google’s initiative to bring ultra-fast internet connection speeds to Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. This series was developed in partnership with Next American City. 

Using Technology to Enhance Communities' Engagement with Public Safety, 2012: Focuses on the strategies of interfacing, crowdsourcing, broadcasting and mapping for public safety initiatives.

Investing in Your City’s IT Infrastructure, 2010: Provides examples of how cities are working to expand or update their technological infrastructure, reduce costs and increase efficiency to meet their communities’ needs.

Using Technology to Promote Transparency in City Government, 2010: Provides examples of how cities can work to increase transparency in their day-to-day practices.
For additional information on local policies to increase goverment transparency, please visit the Sunlight Foundation and their Open Data Policy Guidlines resource.

Local Broadband Initiatives: Finding a Model that Works for You, 2013: Provides an overview of the types of public-private partnerships that exist for local broadband initiatives.

Lessons Learned from BTOP: Broadband Adoption Strategies from Around the Country, 2013: Features highlights from the newly-released Broadband Adoption Toolkit explores examples of broadband adoption programs by Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant recipients.

Leveraging New Technology to Explore Wireless Broadband: Distrubute Antenna Systems and Small Cell Deployments, 2013: Describes how these new technologies can help expand wireless broadband in  how these new technologies communities.

Data Analytics: How Cities Can Get Ahead of the Curve to Improve Performance, 2013: Provides an overview of how cities are using data across a range of core municipal services – safety, inspections, health, and others –and talks about how these examples can be adapted to communities across the country.
For additional resources on data analytics, please visit www.datasmartcitysolutions.org.

Firstnet and What it Means for Local Communities, 2013: Provides an overview of State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP)  and information for local elected officials on how to engage with their states in the development of a nationwide public safety broadband network.
Councilmember Scott Somers, City of Mesa, AZ, speaking on FirstNet at NLC's 2013 Summer Policy Forum

How Broadband Access in Santa Monica has Impacted Local Economic Development, 2012: Presents a case study on the city of Santa Monica, CA and how a strong telecommunications infrastructure is helping drive the city's economic development.

The National Broadband Map: An Economic Development Tool for Cities, 2012: Provides information on how local elected officials can use the National Broadband Map (NBM), an interactive tool assess a community's internet connectivity.

How a Municipal Network Can Help Your City, 2012: Fatures examples of how 3 cities developed strategies to implement a municipal broadband network and how these lessons can be adopted to other communities.

Shared Services: The San Carlos, CA Experience, 2012: Highlights how San Carlos lead a successful shared services approach to address budget challenges and community service needs.

Is Cloud Computing Right for Your Community? Leading Practices for Local Officials, 2011: Explores the use of cloud computing in local governments. 

Mobile Applications, 2010: Two-part webinar that looks at how mobile applications are opening up new channels of communication and dialog with the public. 

• Virtual Summit on Apps for Local Government – Part 1

• Virtual Summit on Apps for Local Government – Part

Technologies to Increase Government Transparency, 2010: Examines the technology tools and practices city governments are using to provide real-time information to citizens and increase their transparency.  
For additional information on local policies to increase goverment transparency, please visit the Sunlight Foundation.

Who Needs a Gig?, 2013

Open Data: City Policies to Promote Transparency, Efficiency and Engagement, 2013

Broadband and Citizen Engagement, 2013 (Broadband Communities Magazine) 

Fine-Tuning Broadband Adoption Strategies, 2013

How Technology is Opening Doors of Innovation in Cities, 2012

Gigabits Around the County, 2012

Gigabit Around the Country - Part 2, 2012 

Broadband in the United States, 2012

Cities Build Their Own, Faster Broadband Networks, 2012 

Broadband Communities Magazine - A monthly publication with information on digital and broadband technologies for buildings and communities.

Connect2Compete - A national non-profit organization that helps citizens access technology by offering digital training programs, discounted broadband access and low-cost computers.

Fiber to the Home Council - A non-profit association of companies and and organizations that advocacate for high-bandwidth, next-generation, direct fiber option connections.

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) - A non-profit organization working to provide innovative strategies for community development; work on broadband can be found at Community Broadband Networks.
- Broadband 101 Fact Sheet
- Wireless Internet 101 Fact Sheet

Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center, Center for Internet Security - Provides resources on cyber security issues.
- Cyber Security Tips Newsletter

NLC Corporate Partners - A list of the National League of Cities Corporate Partners which focus on technology and communications services:
AT&T
Black & Veatch
CH2M HILL
Citi for Cities
Comcast
Duke Energy
esri
IBM
Microsoft
Parsons
Verizon

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) - NTIA provides resources to cities on a variety of broadband access and adoption issues:

• Broadband Adoption Research: Federal research and data on broadband adoption in the U.S.
• Broadband Adoption Toolkit: Resource guide of best practices developed from broadband adoption and digital literacy projects funded by BTOP
• Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP): Information on the implementation of BTOP grants
• Connecting America’s Communities: Map of BTOP projects around the country
• Digital Literacy: Resources gathered from federal agencies and other sources.
• National Broadband Map: A tool to search, analyze and map broadband availability across the U.S.

Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition - A coalition to promote policies and programs to enable schools, libraries and other anchor institutions to obtain open, affordable, high-speed, broadband access.

OCLC WebJunction - Provides resources to public library staff and has done extensive work on the importance of digital inclusion.  View their infographic "Why the Internet is Important to Everyone" here.   

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: White House office which explores the effects of science and technology on domestic and international issues.  
- Report: Four Years of Broadband Growth