NTIA Clears Conn. BEAD Plan and Mich. Receives $20.5M Award

Connecticut received NTIA approval for volume 2 of its initial plan for the $42.5 billion broadband equity, access and deployment program. The state may now access its $144 million BEAD allocation, the federal agency said Thursday. NTIA has approved entire initial plans for 18 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Also on Thursday, NTIA awarded $20.5 million to Michigan to implement its digital equity plan. Michigan is the second state that received funding through the $1.44 billion state digital equity capacity grant program.