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07/17/2026
Court Keeps Digital Equity Grants Alive
A D.C. District Court judge this week struck down a provision of the Digital Equity Act identifying racial and ethnic minorities as one of eight ‘covered populations,’ while rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to kill the broader Competitive Grant Program entirely.
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06/30/2026
BEAD Hearing a Tennis Match of Blame
Tuesday’s House Commerce hearing on NTIA oversight was a bit like watching a tennis match at Wimbledon.
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03/19/2026
D.C. Official Fires Back at Roth
Earlier this month, NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that put the D.C. city government on blast for its requests for BEAD funding.
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03/10/2026
No Bead Funds for D.C.
NTIA said the estimated $21 billion in nondeployment funds comes from savings in the program that were instituted during the Trump administration.
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02/13/2026
NCTA Chief Gardner’s Not-So-Subtle Plea
With a few months under his belt as NCTA President/CEO, we’re getting a bit of a feel for Cory Gardner’s leadership style.
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12/09/2025
State Lawmakers Want All BEAD Money
More than 160 bipartisan state legislators from 28 states signed a letter urging U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Assistant Secretary Arielle Roth to allow states to use their full BEAD allocations.