Watchdog Report Calls for National Broadband Strategy to Reduce Broadband Fund Inefficiencies
The GAO report found many different federal broadband programs prone to inefficiencies.

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The GAO report found many different federal broadband programs prone to inefficiencies.
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2022 – The Government Accountability Office has called for the federal government to address the considerable overlap among over 100 different funding programs overseen by 15 separate agencies for broadband builds that it said in a report released last week could cause service “inefficiencies.”
The former BEAD director urged stakeholders to speak up againstr changes to the program that might be disruptive.
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Introduced in response to January ruling striking down federal net neutrality