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JFAC moves $291.737 million into Idaho broadband office to improve tracking
Summary
Committee corrected last year’s reappropriation by removing funds from a Commerce program and re-adding them to the broadband office so future broadband spending is tracked separately.
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Jan. 17 voted unanimously to move $291,737,000 in previously reappropriated funds into Idaho’s newly created broadband office so broadband grants and expenditures can be tracked independently from the Department of Commerce’s other programs.
Analysts explained the change was administrative: last session’s reappropriation predated the statutory transfer that created the broadband…
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