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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) deadline for final proposals for the $42.45 billion in Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) is September 3, 2025. Funding is supposed to be distributed by December 31, 2025. Like other broadband programs, BEAD projects must go through a state and local permitting process, which should expedite rather […]| Citizens Against Government Waste
Ten House Democrats are asking the Commerce Department to provide guidance on using federal broadband funding for things like workforce development, telehealth and cybersecurity.| StateScoop
On July 30, 2025, Arielle Roth officially assumed the role of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, a position that includes serving as Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Days later, NTIA released updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Notably, the revised FAQs underscore a significant policy shift from the Biden Administra...| The Free State Foundation
LEO satellite technology is proving to be a cost-effective, high-quality solution for broadband deployment, the author writes.| Broadband Breakfast
Indiana, Maine, Missouri, and West Virginia to relaunch BEAD application round on Thursday, July 10| Broadband Breakfast
The NTIA just released proposed Guidance rules for State Broadband Offices to consider if they want to make BEAD grant awards to alternate technologies (specifically unlicensed fixed wireless and l…| POTs and PANs
Montana, Oklahoma and Vermont join the list of states cleared to receive billions of dollars in funding for broadband infrastructure expansion.| StateScoop
As the agency writes: “Categorical exclusions are categories of actions that a federal agency has determined, after review by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), do not individually or cumulatively […] The post NTIA Adopts New Measures to Streamline Environmental Impact Permitting Review for “Internet for all” projects appeared first on Tribal Resource Center.| Tribal Resource Center