broadband-authority
Pa. plan to distribute $1.16B in federal broadband funds approved by state officials
State Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Somerset, who serves on the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, said the five-year action plan to bring broadband access to nearly 300,000 unserved and underserved areas of the commonwealth, was unanimously approved by the Authority on Thursday.
State officials ask for feedback on broadband plan | Five for the weekend
The plan outlines how the commonwealth will disperse more than a billion dollars in federal funding for broadband infrastructure and development projects.
Broadband providers raise concerns over DCED funding application process
In response to the concerns, Board Chairman Uri Monson, asked DCED staff to take down the questions asked about the Capital Project Fund and the application process and provide answers to them on the Frequently Asked Questions section of the website.
Lack of affordable, accessible broadband ‘holding our economy back’ Wolf says
The funds, and broadband projects statewide, are overseen by the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, created by Wolf in 2021 as a 12-member independent agency of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Pa. Broadband officials ask Pennsylvanians to review FCC maps
The Pennsylvania Broadband Authority, which oversees the distribution of millions of dollars in federal funding for broadband expansion across Pennsylvania and approved a statewide expansion and access plan in November, said that “the allocation of funding for broadband deployment under the federal infrastructure law is dependent upon the map being accurate.”