Broadband Communities

BEAD delays continue to frustrate but how’d we get here?

The government's massive broadband spending program, known as BEAD, continues to lack critical guidelines around ...
JD Supra

NTIA Restructures BEAD Program with Major Broadband Funding Changes

On Friday, June 6, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a highly anticipated Policy Notice (Notice) making significant changes to the NTIA’s rules ...
Yahoo Finance

Connected Nation unveils the BEAD Tracker: An interactive tool that tracks federal broadband funding disbursements

BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Sept. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Connected Nation (CN) today unveiled its new interactive dashboard, the BEAD Tracker. The dashboard provides easy access to states' plans for spending ...
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 ...
SDxCentral

BEAD program director departs, says focus on satellites has been favored ahead of fiber

The director of the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program has warned that rural America could be left behind if satellite-based alternatives are prioritized over fiber ...