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CPUC official said California is working well with NTIA.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., Oct. 11, 2024 - A California state broadband official noted Friday that the state was working towards implementing funding from the Biden Administration’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
Darcie Houck, a commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission, noted in a keynote address that the state has been working well with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is managing the BEAD program for the White House.
Houck said the state has been encountering difficulty in supervising the BEAD challenge process. She specifically cited the number of eligible locations throughout the state as a substantial challenge. Houck said California had already received about 3,000 challenges, representing roughly 10 percent of all eligible locations in the state.
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