OMB offers guidance on implementation of infrastructure programs

Guidance to executive departments and agencies that have responsibilities for implementing programs created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The IIJA provides $550 billion in new federal investment in infrastructure, including $65 billion for broadband programs. The Administration is committed to creating a governance structure that will break down barriers and eliminate silos. To ensure robust governance and management of effective, efficient, and equitable IIJA implementation within and across agencies:

• Agencies must designate a senior accountable official for IIJA implementation.
• Agencies also should designate an implementation coordinator to manage a crossfunctional team and processes to implement IIJA and this guidance, and to interact with the e Infrastructure Implementation Task Force, the White House Infrastructure Implementation Team, and OMB.
• Agencies should ensure equity expertise—including Agency Equity Teams, established to lead agency implementation of Executive Order 13985 on “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities”—is embedded in IIJA implementation.