BEAD
NTIA Finalizes BEAD ‘Buy America’ Waivers
The waiver exempts specific BEAD-funded equipment from the domestic manufacturing requirement outlined in the IIJA.
BEAD
The waiver exempts specific BEAD-funded equipment from the domestic manufacturing requirement outlined in the IIJA.
Andrew Butcher
Panel discussions will explore precursors to BEAD, private match funding, state broadband planning and more
Funding
Buy America provisions are seeping into state and provider policies.
Infrastructure
Manufacturers can self-report products are Buy America compliant to be included on NTIA public list.
White House
Biden Administration’s Investing in America initiative is investing billions of dollars into domestic manufacturing.
The new framework resolves earlier issues about US intelligence services’ access to EU individuals’ private data.
Infrastructure
Permitting delays could make the five-year deployment timeline difficult to meet, panelists said.
Expert Opinion
The Buy America mandate could seriously hamper the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.
Infrastructure
Strict domestic manufacturing requirements may hinder the success of the $42.5 billion BEAD Program.
Senators are concerned about BEAD’s fiber preference and Buy America rules.
Funding
The bar ‘is not impossibly high, but it is high,’ Alan Davidson said.
Funding
The NTIA’s comments came after President Biden said fiber optics should be made in America.
FCC
Associations agreed on the need for baseline federal privacy legislation.