{"id":3083,"date":"2023-12-08T00:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2023-12-08T00:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:42:52","slug":"funding-withheld-for-broadband-in-certain-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/funding-withheld-for-broadband-in-certain-states\/","title":{"rendered":"funding withheld for broadband in certain states?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">States that bar or restrict municipally owned broadband may not be eligible for federal broadband funds. &#8220;In its\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/connected-nation\/c2098368-05a0-47fd-831f-29a8ca771866\/TexasInitialProposalVolumeIIFINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">draft plan<\/a>, Texas\u2019 broadband office said only the state\u2019s legislature can change a law that gives preference to private broadband providers. As a result, the office said it cannot allow local governments to be eligible for BEAD funding in areas where private companies are also seeking funding to improve broadband service.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.route-fifty.com\/infrastructure\/2023\/12\/could-feds-withhold-broadband-funding-some-states\/392460\/?oref=rf-today-nl&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Route%20Fifty%20Today:%20December%2005%2C%202023&amp;utm_term=newsletter_rf_today\">Route Fifty | Could the feds withhold broadband funding to some states?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>States that bar or restrict municipally owned broadband may not be eligible for federal broadband funds. &#8220;In its\u00a0draft plan, Texas\u2019 broadband office said only the state\u2019s legislature can change a law that gives preference to private broadband providers. As a result, the office said it cannot allow local governments to be eligible for BEAD funding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3084,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083\/revisions\/3084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}