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Oregon Broadband Office outlines major federal awards, tight BEAD timeline and spending limitations
Summary
Nick Batts, director of the Oregon Broadband Office at Business Oregon, briefed the committee on multiple federal broadband programs: ARPA Capital Projects Fund awards, the BEAD allocation for Oregon, the Digital Equity State Capacity Grant and related biennial spending‑limitation requests and deadlines.
Nick Batts, director of the Oregon Broadband Office at Business Oregon, told the Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee the office administers statewide broadband programs and is funded by lottery, other state funds and federal grants.
Batts said Oregon received $157,000,000 from the U.S. Treasury—s ARPA Capital Projects Fund and has made awards to reach roughly 13,413 locations in 17 counties for the Broadband Deployment Program. He cautioned that ARPA Capital Projects Fund work has a fast federal deadline — all funds must be obligated and infrastructure operational by Dec. 31, 2026 — and said the program team is pushing to…
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