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Lawmakers and GAO Call for National Strategy to Address ‘Fragmented’ Broadband Programs

The GAO report identified 25 different broadband-focused funding programs, but some lawmakers argued that all are important.

Em McPhie

Em McPhie

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Lawmakers and GAO Call for National Strategy to Address ‘Fragmented’ Broadband Programs
Photo of Andrew Von Ah, director of physical infrastructure for the Government Accountability Office, courtesy of GAO

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2023 — House lawmakers on Wednesday called for the creation of a unified national broadband strategy, highlighting a newly released Government Accountability Office report that called the existing array of broadband programs “fragmented and overlapping.”

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