25 States and Territories Have BEAD Vol. 1 Approval

Nearly half the states have received federal approval for volume 1 of their initial plan for the broadband equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program, NTIA reported Wednesday. NTIA said it OK'd volume 1 for seven more states over the past week: Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, New York and Oregon. Approval allows those states to start their challenge processes. NTIA has now approved the first volume of 24 states and Puerto Rico. It OK'd the second volume of just one state, Louisiana.