Capito Pushes Lutnick to 'Expedite' BEAD Revamp to Avoid Delays

BEAD Guidance to States Delayed Until Summer

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2025 – States have been expecting updated guidance from the Commerce Department on a $42.45 billion broadband expansion plan by the middle of this month. That guidance appears to have been delayed until June or July.The delay was first reported in a Thursday research note from Blair Levin, policy analyst at New Street Research and former FCC chief of staff in the Clinton administration. People familiar with the matter confirme…

Capito Pushes Lutnick to 'Expedite' BEAD Revamp to Avoid Delays

Senate Public Works Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is pressing the Commerce Department and Secretary Howard Lutnick "to expedite not only the review and release of updated guidance" for NTIA's $42.5 billion BEAD initiative, "but the program as a...