Government Technology

BEAD Leader Departs Amid the Program’s Ongoing Review

Federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Director Evan Feinman has announced his departure from the role, following word recently that it will undergo a review. In November, ...
JD Supra

BEAD Program: NTIA Issues Guidance for Demonstrating and Certifying Compliance with ‘Build America, Buy America’ (BABA) Requirements

WHAT: On July 30, 2024, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued guidance on demonstrating compliance with the “Build America, Buy America” (BABA) domestic content ...
The Journal

BEAD program changes trigger alarm bells and protests

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has been vowing to “revamp” the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program—a federal-state partnership established by Congress in the ...
JD Supra

BEAD Program to Drive Rural Broadband, Economic Development and Onshoring of Foreign Businesses in Key Southeastern States

Providing fast, reliable broadband service in 2023 is every bit as important as providing electricity was in 1933 in rural America. Without high-quality broadband, rural areas (many of which already ...
KOLR10 & Ozarks Local News

Brightspeed and Five Other Mid-Size Broadband Providers Say Letter of Credit Requirement in Current BEAD Program Will Reduce Broadband Expansion Investments

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, six of the country’s largest regional Internet Service Providers (ISPs), covering 44 states, wrote to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and ...