States Are Unsure How to Use Non-Deployment BEAD Funding
States are still unclear about how they will be able to use leftover federal funding allocated to broadband expansion. About half of the funding from the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity,
Four Ideas to Help BEAD Succeed
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Digital Beat Windhausen Congress created the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program in 2021 “to bridge the digital divide.”[1] The National Telecommunications and
Experts Say $21 Billion Remaining BEAD Funds at Risk of Going Unused
BEAD 2026 Industry leaders push for faster distribution to avoid defaults, delays, and efforts to close the digital divide Photo of (left to right) Moderator Jimm Phillips, Pew’s Broadband Access
Digital Skills, Workforce Development Takes Center Stage at BEAD Listening Session
BEAD The second round of public comments included support for removing ed-tech from K-12 schools Photo of the Department of Commerce Building in Washington D.C. by Eric Urbach/Broadband Breakfast Source
Stakeholders Talk, NTIA Listens on How Best to Deploy BEAD Nondeployment Funds
Friday, February 13, 2026 Stakeholders Talk, NTIA Listens on How Best to DeployBEAD Nondeployment Funds Tepper States, territories, and their communities that lack sufficient internet access have been wondering
Workforce Shortages Threaten BEAD Deployments: Broadband Breakfast Panelists
Education Workforce development experts warn that critical shortages could significantly slow the nationwide deployment of broadband. Photo by Andrew Murray on Unsplash Source link
BEAD Funds Are Now Conditional
This week in “What’s New in Digital Equity” — our weekly look at government digital equity and broadband news — we have a number of interesting items, which you can
Should BEAD Non-Deployment Funds Be Linked to AI? How Should Funds Be Spent?
AI Experts disagreed on conditioning broadband funding on state AI regulations, balancing digital economy goals against legal constraints. Image “Glowing Rivers of Dawn,” by ChatGPT 5.1 Source link
Feds approve Commonwealth’s BEAD proposal toward county and city connectivity
CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Albemarle County is one of beneficiaries of the Commonwealth’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal approved this week by the U.S. Department
Draft Bill Would Claw Back BEAD Non-Deployment Funds
BEAD The effort could include more than $20 billion of the program’s $42.45 billion. Photo of Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, from Alex Brandon/AP Source link