NTIA Clears Revised Colo. BEAD Plan Vol. 1

Colorado’s challenge process starts Monday for NTIA’s broadband, equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program, the state broadband office said Thursday in an email newsletter. Colorado received NTIA approval for volume 1 of its initial plan Wednesday, allowing the office to move forward with challenges, the state office said. The state revised its first draft of volume 1 to receive NTIA approval, it said. “These changes include the removal of a number of the proposed ‘Modifications to Reflect Data Not Present in the National Broadband Map.’ As a result, the only modification made to the data is the DSL Modification.” The broadband office plans to publish the approved version in “coming days.”