Investment Meets Impact: Celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Two years after President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and other agencies have distributed billions of dollars to communities to bridge the digital divide and make participation in the digital economy a reality for everyone. At NTIA, we completed funding rounds for multiple programs in the last year and are moving to the implementation phase, all the while preparing states and territories to administer their state grant programs. Here are some of our major accomplishments in Year 2 of Internet for All, from major milestones to stories of how this initiative is impacting people’s lives.

• Moving the BEAD Program from Planning to Execution
• Advancing Digital Equity for All
• Connecting Indian Country
• Supporting Minority-Serving Institutions and Their Communities
• Building the “Big Pipes” That Connect Communities
• Creating Jobs and Readying the Workforce

And here’s what to expect from NTIA and Internet for All in the coming year:

• Approval of state and territory Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Initial Proposals
• Commencement of state BEAD challenge processes and the selection of subgrantees
• Notices of Funding Opportunity for the Digital Equity Act programs
• The first announcements of Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program awards from the second Notice of Funding Opportunity
• Groundbreakings across all of our Internet for All programs.