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# 34 States Signal Intent to Participate in NTIA’s Main Broadband Program
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/34-states-signal-intent-to-participate-in-ntias-main-broadband-program/
- Published: 2022-05-18T23:34:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:15:15.000Z
- Description: National Telecommunications and Information Administration announces news on its ‘Internet for All’ web portal for three IIJA programs.
- Author: Benjamin Kahn
- Tags: Funding, #with-siderail, Alabama, Alan Davidson, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 09:59, #added-preview-divider

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2022 – The Biden administration announced Wednesday that 34 states and territories signed on to participate in the programs outlined by its “Internet for All” initiative.

The “Internet for All” moniker is the new umbrella web site of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration for its three programs under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: the [Broadband Digital Equity, Access, and Deployment Program](https://www.internetforall.gov/program/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), the [Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program](https://www.internetforall.gov/program/enabling-middle-mile-broadband-infrastructure-program?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), and the [State Digital Equity Act programs](https://www.internetforall.gov/program/digital-equity-act-programs?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com).

These programs are part of the administration’s goals of bridging the digital divide and achieving universal broadband by 2030.

Since NITA announced the IFA on Friday, the following territories and states announced their intention to participate: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, American Samoa, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, United States Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce **Gina Raimondo** stated that the NTIA’s programs would be critical to allowing Americans to “participate in the modern economy.”

“Generations before us brought electricity to rural America and built the interstate highways,” said **Alan Davidson**, assistant secretary of commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA administrator. “Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, states are now ‘signing on’ to this initiative to promote Internet access and adoption so that everyone in America has a chance to thrive in the modern economy.”

***Editor’s note: Because of an editing error, the headline of earlier version of this article said that 34 states had signed letters of intent to participate in NTIA’s BEAD program. In fact, 34 states have either signed letters of intent or otherwise signaled an intent to participate.***