NTIA forecasts a ‘steady drumbeat’ of Volume 2 approvals each week

Evan Feinman, director for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, provided an update on the program. All states have submitted their Volume 1 proposals to NTIA, and Feinman said that nearly all Volume 1 proposals are approved. A check of NTIA’s Progress Dashboard today shows that only Florida, Maryland and Minnesota have yet to have their Volume 1s approved. Feinman said that NTIA is steadily working through Volume 2 proposals, in which states must address 18 requirements that are explained in NTIA’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). So far, NTIA has approved eight Volume 2 proposals.