NTIA Head Calls GOP Criticism of BEAD 'Election-Year Politics'

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2024 – The head of a federal agency responsible for expanding internet access across the U.S. is pushing back against GOP critics who say the Internet for All effort has been plagued by waste and mismanagement.

Alan Davidson, chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Commerce Department, dismissed Republican criticisms of the Biden administration’s $42 billion broadband expansion program as "election-year politics" during a Politico Tech podcast.

“It's probably not surprising, given the political season, that we're starting to hear criticisms that we hadn't heard before,” Davidson remarked Thursday.