The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is reviewing and approving the 50 states’ and six territories’ Final Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program.
In this article, we will keep a running list of states and territories whose Final Proposals have been approved and those that are still pending approval. The states are listed first, followed by the territories. States marked with an asterisk (*) have also had their Final Proposals approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
This article was last updated Thursday, January 8, at 12:45 p.m. Central time.
The following states’ BEAD Final Proposals have been approved by the NTIA:
- Alabama: See provisional awards
- Arizona: See provisional awards
- Arkansas: See provisional awards
- Colorado: See provisional awards
- Connecticut: See provisional awards
- Delaware: See provisional awards
- Georgia: See provisional awards
- Florida: See provisional awards
- Hawaii: See provisional awards
- Idaho: See provisional awards
- Indiana: See provisional awards
- Iowa: See provisional awards
- Kansas: See provisional awards
- Kentucky: See provisional awards
- *Louisiana: See final awards
- Maine: See provisional awards
- Maryland: See provisional awards
- Massachusetts: See provisional awards
- Michigan: See provisional awards
- Minnesota: See provisional awards
- Missouri: See provisional awards
- Montana: See provisional awards
- Nebraska: See provisional awards
- Nevada: See provisional awards
- New Hampshire: See provisional awards
- New Jersey: See provisional awards
- New York: See provisional awards
- North Carolina: See provisional awards
- North Dakota: See provisional awards
- Ohio: See provisional awards
- Rhode Island: See provisional awards
- South Carolina: See provisional awards
- South Dakota: See provisional awards
- Texas: See provisional awards
- Utah: See provisional awards
- Virginia: See provisional awards
- West Virginia: See provisional awards
- Wisconsin: See provisional awards
- Wyoming: See provisional awards
The following states’ BEAD proposals have not been approved by the NTIA yet:
- Alaska: See provisional awards
- California: See provisional awards
- Illinois: See provisional awards
- Mississippi: See provisional awards
- New Mexico: See provisional awards
- Oklahoma: See provisional awards
- Oregon: See provisional awards
- Pennsylvania: See provisional awards
- Tennessee: See provisional awards
- Vermont: See provisional awards
- Washington: See provisional awards
The following territories’ BEAD Final Proposals have been approved by the NTIA:
- American Samoa
- CNMI
- Guam
The following territories’ BEAD proposals have not been approved by the NTIA yet:
- Washington, D.C.
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
