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NIST

Idaho Gets NIST Approval to Advance Broadband Deployment

Idaho, Washington, Nebraska detailed mixed-technology builds and non-deployment priorities

Public Safety

Law Enforcement Groups Want More Competition for FirstNet Authority Dollars

Both groups are suing the FCC to prevent FirstNet, operated by AT&T, from accessing more spectrum.

Commerce

Sales of a Powerful Nvidia AI Chip to China Gets the Greenlight, With Conditions

China won’t be allowed to use the chips for military purposes and is not allowed to import more than 50% of the chips sold to U.S. customers.

Commerce

New Senate Bill Would Halt Federal Funding for Trump’s AI Executive Order

Legislation filed as an amendment to the upcoming Senate appropriations package.

BEAD

164 State Lawmakers Urge Release of Billions in Obligated BEAD Funds

Withholding more than $20 billion in funds defies Congress’s mandate, lawmakers warn.

Commerce

Trump Approves Sale of More Advanced Nvidia Computer Chips Used in AI to China

Trump said Monday on his social media site that he had informed China’s leader Xi Jinping and 'President Xi responded positively!'

Commerce

USTelecom Presses FCC to Rein in Permitting Costs, Timelines

‘More green lights, less red tape,’ the group’s CEO said.

NTIA

Texas BEAD Plan Approved

The approved spending plan differed little from the state’s preliminary awards.

Commerce

NTIA Cracks Down on BEAD Proposals Built on ‘Hypothetical’ Funding

The agency will issue new guidance on how states should evaluate 'speculative' or uncommitted funding sources in BEAD.

Commerce

FCC Braces for Backlog After 6 Week Shutdown

The agency urged filers to limit submissions as it reopened Thursday.

Commerce

Former Officials: FCC’s Independence ‘Obliterated’ Under Carr

The FCC now serves political interests instead of the public, former agency officials said.

Data Center

Consumers Are ‘Subsidizing the Cost of Data Centers’: Senate Dems

Lawmakers press Trump administration on link between Big Tech’s AI buildout and higher household energy bills.

Commerce

Cantwell, Schatz Press NTIA on Nearly $1B in Undistributed Tribal Broadband Grants

$980 million in funds remain frozen; $294 million in announced awards still undistributed.

BEAD

NTIA: BEAD Winners Can Continue to Receive Opex Subsidies for Existing Networks

Prohibition on operational subsidies 'applies only to BEAD-funded projects and does not affect existing subsidies in non-BEAD areas to which a provider is already entitled.'

Commerce

U.S. Government Helped U.S. Firms Sell Tech Used for Surveillance in China: AP

Tech companies have successfully lobbied against restrictions on selling advanced technology to China despite national security and human rights concerns.