2019-10-17T12:36:38-05:00 2018-12-31 111986323 MARCUM LLP 1899 L STREET NW SUITE 850 WASHINGTON DC 20036 990 2018-01-01 453943413 US IGNITE INC USIG 2023659219 1150 18TH STREET NW NO 900 WASHINGTON DC 20036 JOSEPH KOCHAN COO/VP/SECRETARY/TREASURER 2023659219 2019-10-17 1 FRANK H SMITH P00639053 2022274000 2019-10-17 47.19.127.190 2019-10-17 12:36:34 ED P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 E2CB7C2DBDD6F28DFA06D5BDBA6EDF54E799736D 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z WILLIAM WALLACE 1150 18TH STREET NW NO 900 WASHINGTON DC 20036 8073444 0 X WWW.US-IGNITE.ORG X 2011 DE PROMOTES U.S. LEADERSHIP IN APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES FOR ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND NETWORKS. 8 6 15 6 0 0 7190070 8065540 36013 0 3 7904 0 0 7226086 8073444 1020300 5502229 0 0 1464077 1680618 0 0 138905 1516132 1251813 4000509 8434660 3225577 -361216 4620885 5541702 1039399 2321432 3581486 3220270 X US IGNITE, INC. IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED TO PROMOTE U.S. LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES FOR ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND NETWORKS.US IGNITE WORKS AS A CONVENER TO CREATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG CORPORATE, GOVERNMENT, AND FOUNDATION PARTNERS SEEKING TO FURTHER SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT. US IGNITE FACILITATES THESE PARTNERSHIPS BY CONNECTING FUNDING SOURCES TO CLEAR PROJECT ROADMAPS AND BY BRINGING TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE TO BEAR ON PROGRAM EXECUTION. WE HAVE DEEP TIES TO STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, INCLUDING ACTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, CORPORATE LEADERS, AND ACADEMIC PARTNERS. 0 0 4820568 4306706 PLATFORMS FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS RESEARCH PLATFORMS FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS RESEARCH (PAWR) ENABLES EXPERIMENTAL EXPLORATION OF ROBUST NEW WIRELESS DEVICES THAT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE NATION'S WIRELESS ECOSYSTEM WHILE SUSTAINING US LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS FOR DECADES TO COME. PAWR IS FUNDED BY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) AND THE PAWR INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM REPRESENTING 28 OF THE NATION'S LEADING COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS IN WIRELESS. THE PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS RESEARCH PROJECT OFFICE (PPO) MANAGES THE $100 MILLION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND OVERSEES THE RESEARCH PLATFORMS. THE PPO IS CO-LED BY US IGNITE, AND NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. MAJOR 2018 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:- IN APRIL 2018, NSF/THE PAWR PPO APPROVED THE TWO PROPOSALS, AND ON APRIL 6, 2018, THE NORTHEASTERN AND THE PAWR PPO ISSUED TWO PLATFORMS AWARDS - POWDER (LOCATED IN SALT LAKE CITY) AND COSMOS (LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY). BOTH AWARDS/PLATFORMS WERE ANNOUNCED AT PUBLIC "LAUNCH" EVENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY AND NEW YORK CITY.- IN APRIL 2018, THE PPO ISSUED A PAWR ROUND II RFI. IN AUGUST 2018, THE PPO ISSUED A SECOND RFP FOR THE NEXT SET OF PLATFORMS. 1989310 1123466 SMART GIGABIT COMMUNITIES THE US IGNITE SMART GIGABIT COMMUNITIES (SGC) PROJECT IS A NETWORK OF MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING A CATALOG OF APPLICATIONS TO ADDRESS SMART CITY AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CHALLENGES. WITH THE BENEFIT OF HIGHCAPACITY AND LOWLATENCY NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES, THESE COMMUNITIES ARE SOLVING MODERNDAY DILEMMAS AND DEVELOPING THEIR OWN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND BOOSTING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MAJOR 2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:- GROWING THE SGC ECOSYSTEM: US IGNITE IS ASSISTING SGC COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING IDEAS, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES FOR FUNDING AND DEPLOYMENT. TWO NEW COMMUNITIES WERE ADDED TO THE ROSTER OF SGCS IN 2018. - FOSTERING GIGABIT APPLICATIONS: GIGABIT APPLICATIONS AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS WERE CREATED OR IDENTIFIED FOR NSF FUNDED SGCS. DEVELOPED OR IDENTIFIED A CUMULATIVE 159+ GIGABIT APPLICATIONS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROJECT.- EXPANDING SMART CITY STRATEGY: AS US IGNITE BEGAN THIS YEAR OF THE PROJECT, WE NOTED THERE WERE OTHER NSF-RESEARCH-DRIVEN ADVANTAGES NOW AVAILABLE TO SMART AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. WE BEGAN OPENING THE DOOR EVEN WIDER TO OTHER SMART CITY TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS MACHINE LEARNING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BIG DATA, AND THE SECURITY SUCH SYSTEMS NEED TO BE DEPLOYED IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES- ENSURING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY: US IGNITE DISCUSSED SUSTAINABILITY PLANS FOR THE SGC COMMUNITIES TO HELP ENSURE THAT GIGABIT APPLICATION EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PROJECT. - HOLDING GIGABIT APPLICATION EVENTS: US IGNITE PLANNED APPLICATION-DEVELOPMENT RELATED EVENTS IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES THIS YEAR TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART CITY APPLICATIONS. - SHARING INFORMATION WITH SGC COMMUNITIES: US IGNITE PUBLISHED NEWSLETTERS TO SHARE SGC NEWS AND SPOTLIGHTS AND ANNOUNCE POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT, FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER SOURCES (MORE THAN 50 OPPORTUNITIES SHARED VIA THE NEWSLETTER). WE WORKED WITH OUR SGC COMMUNITIES TO FIND AND PURSUE FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOUNDATION GRANT OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO GIGABIT, BROADBAND, AND SMART CITY EFFORTS. ADDITIONALLY, US IGNITE LAUNCHED THE FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TOOL ON ITS WEBSITE. 186430 72057 US IGNITE APPLICATION SUMMITIN MARCH 2018, CO-LOCATED WITH THE SMART CITIES CONNECT CONFERENCE AND EXPO, US IGNITE HOSTED ITS 6TH US IGNITE APPLICATION SUMMIT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER 1,700 PEOPLE FROM OVER 250 COMMUNITIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE LEADERSHIP TO PROSPECT AND PARTNER WITH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, LINKING PROGRESSIVE CITIES WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART SOLUTIONS AND BEST PRACTICES. THIS REPRESENTS GROWTH OF AN ANNUAL MEETING OF SMART COMMUNITIES, INDUSTRY, ACADEMICS, PRESS, AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS FROM 300 PEOPLE TO 1,700 PEOPLE OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF SGC, AND IT IS NOW THE LARGEST GATHERING OF SMART CITY PARTICIPANTS IN NORTH AMERICA. 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