Initial Proposal Volume 1: Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Grant Program

The Colorado Broadband Office (CBO) has drafted the following document to meet the requirements for Volume 1 of its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposal. The CBO will commence a 30-day period for public comments on Volume 1 of the Initial Proposal. Volume 1 of the Initial Proposal includes the following requirements:

• Identification of existing broadband efforts;
• Identification of existing unserved and underserved locations;
• Identification and application of community anchor institutions (CAI), wherein the CBO has added the “Correctional facility” category to the definition of a CAI;
• Detailed challenge process plan that includes the following modifications and
  challenge modules.