The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has approved its last Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Final Proposal, completing approval of all 56 state and territorial BEAD Final Proposals—a major achievement in ensuring broadband availability across the country.
To commemorate this milestone and witness how the Trump Administration’s reforms have expedited deployment, Assistant Secretary Arielle Roth traveled to Moneta, Virginia with Congressman Morgan Griffith to tour fiber and satellite BEAD projects in his district.
Under the state’s final proposal, BEAD will connect more than 85,000 locations while saving taxpayers more than $930 million and leveraging nearly $430 million in matching funds—equivalent to about 45 percent of the federal BEAD investment in the state. To view the status of BEAD projects in Virginia, visit here.
The BEAD Program was established to ensure universal broadband availability across the United States and to serve as the final federal broadband deployment program. With all Final Proposals now approved, NTIA will continue working with states and territories as they oversee BEAD-funded broadband deployment.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth
BEAD’s core mission is to ensure universal broadband availability across our country. With all 56 Final Proposals now approved, we are achieving Congress’s vision of closing the digital divide once and for all. I am thrilled to join Congressman Griffith to see how Virginia is implementing its Final Proposal.
Congressman Morgan Griffith
As a member of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, I am committed to policies and actions that promote broadband access for rural communities. Federal solutions discussed today in Bedford County, ranging from fiber installation to low earth orbit satellite, will benefit families, businesses and communities in rural areas, like those right here in Virginia’s Ninth District. I appreciate the leadership of Administrator Roth and the NTIA for highlighting such solutions and their impact on rural Virginia communities. I look forward to our continued work together to close the digital gap in rural America.
