The $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program is moving to closer to execution, as states and territories secure federal approval for their broadband expansion plans.
Not only must NTIA approve each Final Proposal, but states must also get the greenlight from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to officially access their grant allocations. We've decided to keep track of it all, highlighting which states and territories have moved forward with BEAD and which are still waiting on a decision.
Fierce Network will update this list as new data becomes available.
NTIA approval tracker
Final proposals approved
As of February 9, 50 out of 56 states and territories have had their Final Proposals approved by NTIA. Those are the following:
- Alabama
- American Samoa
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
NIST approval tracker
Received NIST clearance
Here are the states and territories that have received NIST clearance to access their BEAD allotments:
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Idaho
- North Dakota
- Texas
- Wyoming
We'll be updating this list as new data becomes available. Read all of our content about BEAD here.