(AUSTIN) — I am extremely concerned about the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program issued on May 13 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The creation of the Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) last year by state lawmakers represented a major step toward closing the digital divide that plagues so many hard-working Texans, especially in rural parts of the state. And just last week, the […]
