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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Department of Commerce Restructures BEAD Program

Nearing five months into the Trump administration, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a Notice changing the requirements in the Notice of Funding ...