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State and Territory Challenge Process Tracker

Overview

This tracker features information on active BEAD challenge processes, including dates for the opening and closing of online portals to submit challenges as well as links to those portals. Eligible Entities whose portals are no longer accepting challenges are displayed in the “Past Challenges” table below. To check a BEAD Eligible Entity’s overall progress, visit our BEAD Progress Dashboard.

Active and Upcoming Challenges

Eligible Entity

Challenge Process Portal Opens

Challenge Process Portal Closes

Link to State Challenge Submission Portal

Texas12/03/202412/17/2024Texas BEAD Challenge Portal
US Virgin Islands12/01/202412/30/2024Virgin Islands Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Challenge

Past Challenges

Eligible Entity

Challenge Process Portal Opened

Challenge Process Portal Closed

Link to State Challenge Submission Portal

Alabama08/01/202408/31/2024Alabama BEAD Challenge Portal
American Samoa06/01/202406/21/2024American Samoa BEAD Challenge Process
Alaska05/06/202406/05/2024Alaska Broadband Office BEAD Challenge and Rebuttal Portal
Arizona03/15/202405/14/2024The Challenge Process
Arkansas03/20/202404/19/2024Arkansas BEAD Mapping Challenge Process
California07/08/202408/06/2024California BEAD Challenge Process
Colorado01/10/202402/09/2024

Advance-BEAD Challenge Portal

Connecticut04/01/202404/30/2024Connecticut BEAD Challenge Portal
Delaware01/17/202402/20/2024

Delaware Challenge Home

District of Columbia09/17/202409/30/2024District of Columbia Broadband Coverage Challenge Portal
Florida07/22/202409/05/2024ConnectedFlorida BEAD Program Challenge Process
Georgia03/04/202404/02/2024BEAD Challenges | Georgia Broadband Program
Guam11/06/202411/19/2024Guam BEAD Challenge Registration
Hawaii08/19/202409/18/2024Hawaiʻi BEAD Program Challenge Process
Idaho06/03/202407/01/2024Idaho BEAD Challenge Process
Illinois02/27/202403/18/2024Illinois Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Challenge Portal
Indiana03/04/202404/17/2024Indiana Broadband: Challenge Process
Iowa05/15/202406/13/2024Iowa BEAD Map Challenge Process
Kansas12/15/202301/14/2024

Broadband Equity Access and Deployment

Kentucky05/06/202406/10/2024KY BEAD Challenge
Louisiana10/06/202311/05/2023

Challenge - Connect Louisiana

Maine04/26/202405/31/2024Maine's BEAD State Led Challenge Process
Maryland07/16/202409/08/2024Maryland BEAD Challenge Process
Massachusetts06/20/202407/20/2024Massachusetts BEAD Challenge Process
Michigan03/25/202404/23/2024BEAD Challenge Process
Minnesota07/22/202408/21/2024Minnesota BEAD Challenge Process
Mississippi08/01/202409/02/2024Mississippi BEAD Challenge Process
Missouri03/25/202405/08/2024Office of Broadband: Broadband Availability Challenge
Montana01/16/202402/15/2024

Montana Challenge Home

Nebraska03/15/202404/14/2024Challenge - Nebraska Broadband
Nevada02/27/202403/28/2024Nevada Bead Challenge Home
New Hampshire07/15/202408/14/2024New Hampshire BEAD Challenge Process
New Mexico04/18/202405/18/2024New Mexico BEAD Challenge Process
New York03/19/202404/18/2024New York State Broadband Challenge Process | ConnectALL Office
North Carolina09/03/202410/03/2024North Carolina Bead Challenge Process
North Dakota04/18/202405/19/2024North Dakota Broadband Challenge
Northern Mariana Islands06/01/202406/30/2024CNMI-Broadband Policy & Development [BPD]
Ohio05/28/202406/17/2024Ohio BEAD Challenge Process and Grant Program
Oklahoma09/23/202410/23/2024Oklahoma Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program
Oregon04/22/202405/22/2024Oregon BEAD Challenge Portal
Pennsylvania04/24/202405/23/2024Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority - BEAD Challenge Process
Puerto Rico10/15/202411/14/2024Puerto Rico BEAD Challenge Portal
Rhode Island05/29/202407/06/2024Rhode Island State Challenge Process
South Carolina04/15/202405/15/2024South Carolina BEAD Challenge Process
South Dakota05/15/202406/14/2024South Dakota BEAD Challenge Process
Tennessee05/07/202406/01/2024Tennessee BEAD Challenge Process
Utah04/18/202405/28/2024State Broadband Challenge Portal
Vermont03/18/202404/01/2024Vermont BEAD Challenge Process
Virginia11/01/202312/01/2023

Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program | DHCD

Washington04/15/202405/14/2024Washington's BEAD Challenge Process
West Virginia02/10/202403/10/2024West Virginia Challenge Home
Wisconsin04/29/202405/29/2024Wisconsin Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment Program Challenge Process
Wyoming05/20/202406/19/2024Wyoming Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment Program Challenge Portal

*NOTE: Dates shown above reflect the period during which eligible challengers can submit challenge data to the portal. After the portal closes, Eligible Entities may require time to resolve the challenges before the process formally closes.

Office
Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG)
Funding Program
Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment (BEAD) Program