Budget Hawk: Target Broadband Programs to Cut Wasteful Spending

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2024 – Regulators looking to cut wasteful spending may be able to do so by cutting some of the numerous federal broadband programs that seem to be redundant.

Citizens Against Government Waste, a government efficiency organization based here, asserted in a Thursday blog post that some of the 133 federal broadband programs spread across 15 federal agencies may be unnecessary, noting that many programs duplicate each other’s efforts.

“It is time for these [broadband] programs to be scrutinized so taxpayers are no longer forced to pay for those that are inefficient and ineffective,” CAGW Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs Deborah Collier said.