Updated Wednesday, April 22: Oklahoma’s final BEAD proposal was approved by the NTIA. 48 states have now had their final proposals approved.

Wednesday, December 3: We added California to our list of BEAD provisional awards. All 50 states have now announced provisional awards.

This comprehensive update details, as far as possible, the BEAD Benefit of the Bargain funding round for each state.

The update says that the OBD is fine-tuning the Missouri BEAD project areas that will be available in Round 2 of the program.

OBD is in the process of determining the areas that will be eligible for the second round of Missouri BEAD grant applications.

Service providers helped shape Missouri’s BEAD areas, and the state broadband director is hopeful about the outcome.
