BEAD program Initial Proposal Progress Dashboard

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's new dashboard allows anyone to track how Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Eligible Entities are progressing through the major milestones necessary to submit their Initial Proposal by the December 27, 2023 due date. The dashboard shows a check mark when an Eligible Entity has achieved one of the eight enumerated milestones. Those milestones include sharing a pre-submission draft of Volume 1 with NTIA for guidance and feedback, releasing Volume 1 for public comment and submitting Volume 1 for NTIA approval. The remaining milestones on the dashboard are the same actions for Volume 2. The dashboard also notes whether NTIA has approved each volume, although initial proposals do not need approval before the December deadline. The NTIA has still urged states and territories to submit their Volume 1 for approval as soon as they can, as upon Volume 1 approval and submission of Volume 2, a state or territory can commence their challenge process. NTIA will update the dashboard weekly; to view Initial Proposals that have been released for public comment, visit here.