La. Leads BEAD Planning Progress: NTIA Dashboard

The states furthest along on initial proposals for NTIA’s broadband, equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program are Louisiana, Virginia, Delaware, Kansas and Vermont, shows an NTIA dashboard launched Wednesday. The dashboard tracks states’ and territories’ progress toward six milestones for two volumes of initial proposals, including NTIA approvals. So far, the agency has approved only one proposal: Louisiana's volume one. NTIA said 44 states and territories shared the first volume with the federal agency for feedback, while 31 released it for public feedback. NTIA said 19 jurisdictions shared the second volume with the agency; nine sought public comment.