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Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program [1]
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Date: 2023-09
The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Check here to find out if your state/territory has its BEAD or Digital Equity Draft Plans/Proposals out for Public Comment
Proposed Waiver for Public Comment
NTIA has issued a draft limited, general applicability, nonavailability Build America, Buy America waiver for the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program, a plan that would result in 90% of BEAD costs being spent on components manufactured in the U.S.
Click below to learn more about the waiver.
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