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Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Second Round of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program

Overview:

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced the availability of nearly $1 billion in additional funding to expand Internet infrastructure and adoption on Tribal Lands. This additional funding, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

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CostQuest Licensing

Overview:

Ensuring everyone in America has access to high-speed Internet service and the skills to use it is a critical mission that requires innovative solutions and collaborative efforts. The NTIA Fabric License, developed through a partnership between CostQuest and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) serves as a cornerstone in this process, supporting Federal broadband programs such as the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program.

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Build America, Buy America Waiver Request for Comment

Overview:

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) charged the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with establishing the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and ensuring that BEAD-funded broadband infrastructure projects comply with the Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference (Buy America Preference) of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA). 

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Allocation Methodology

Overview:

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed Internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law directed NTIA to determine how much each state is to receive based on the number of locations in their state unserved by high-speed Internet service.   

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Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program

Overview:

NTIA issues this NOFO to describe the requirements under which it will award grants for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (Program), authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Division F, Title I, Section 60102, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (November 15, 2021) (Infrastructure Act or Act) also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The BEAD Program provides new federal funding for NTIA to grant to all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (States), as well as American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands (Territories), and in certain circumstances political subdivisions of these States and Territories, for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption activities. Funding is distributed primarily based on the relative number of “unserved” locations (i.e., broadband-serviceable locations that lack access to Reliable Broadband Service at speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream and latency levels low enough to support real-time, interactive applications) in each State and Territory. Each State is eligible to receive a minimum of $100,000,000 and each Territory is eligible to receive a minimum of $25,000,000. See Section I of this NOFO for the full Program Description.

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Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Version 6.0

Overview:

The Broadband, Equity, Access & Deployment Program (BEAD)1 provides federal funding to make grants to Eligible Entities for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption projects and activities. The following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are intended to clarify and provide guidance on information set forth in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on May 13, 2022. NTIA will update this document on a periodic basis as further questions arise. Newly added questions in this FAQ are indicated with an asterisk (*). Questions may be submitted to [email protected].

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