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Garfield County asks federal delegation to push back on NTIA restructuring that would alter broadband grants
Summary
Garfield County commissioners voted to ask Colorado’s federal delegation and the Department of Commerce to intervene after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced changes to the BEAD broadband grant program that staff and a consultant said would rescind completed state award recommendations and lower minimum service standards.
Garfield County commissioners voted to send a letter to U.S. Representative Jeff Hurd and other members of Colorado’s congressional delegation asking the Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to reconsider a recent restructuring of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.
County Manager Fred Jarman told the board that he and Commissioner Jankowski had asked about federal changes after text from Sen. Michael Hickenlooper’s office indicated updates were in play. Diane Cruz, a broadband consultant with NeoConnect, told commissioners the NTIA restructuring would rescind the state’s completed…
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