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JFAC shifts $291.7 million from Commerce program into new broadband office for transparency
Summary
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee unanimously approved two technical corrections moving $291,737,000 in reappropriated funds out of the Department of Commerce’s commerce program and into the broadband office so the monies can be tracked separately.
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Jan. 17 voted unanimously to move $291,737,000 in reappropriated funds out of the Department of Commerce’s commerce program and into the agency’s broadband office so the dollars can be tracked separately.
Legislative staff told the committee the transfer corrects an accounting issue created last year, when the legislature added the broadband office to the Department of Commerce after reappropriations had already been set. Janet Jessup,…
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