Support closing the broadband availability GAP and support the development of a five-year action plan

Active Project Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
0220B066
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$1,017,139,672

Award facts

Completion date 42% complete
Originally
Funding agency
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Department of Commerce
Place of performance
Juneau, AK 99811, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

Description

As the agency reported it.

Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to support closing the broadband availability GAP and support the development of a five-year action plan. The proposed project includes the following planning and pre-deployment activities: research and data collection, including initial identification of unserved locations and underserved locations consistent with rules, regulations, and processes commission has established for making determinations in broadband data maps; providing technical assistance to potential subgrantees, including through workshops and events; training for employees of broadband program or office of eligible entity or employees or political subdivisions of eligible entity, and related staffing capacity or consulting or contracted support to effectuate goals of bead program; establishing, operating, or increasing capacity of a broadband office that oversees broadband programs and broadband deployment in an eligible entity; asset mapping across the eligible entity to catalogue broadband adoption, affordability, equity, access and deployment activities occurring within the eligible entity; costs associated with meeting the local coordination requirements in section IV.C.1.C of this nofo including capacity building at the local and regional levels or contracted support; and reasonable post-nofo, pre-award expenses

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment The bead program provides federal funding for grants to eligible entities for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption activities. The… $1,012,139,672
Original award $5,000,000

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
GCI Communication Corp. Subaward AD-BEADAK157-01 deploys a fiber broadband solution. This project will service 206 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) in the community of Anchorage.… $2,370,236
GCI Communication Corp. Subaward AD-BEADAK052-01 deploys a fiber broadband solution. This project will service 693 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) in the communities of Eagle… $3,395,700
Alaska Connects Subaward AD-BEADAK162-01 deploys a hybrid of fiber and satellite broadband solutions. This project will service 379 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) in… $18,949,996
Alaska Telephone Company Subaward AD-BEADAK050-02 deploys a fiber broadband solution. This project will service 154 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) in the community of Naukati… $907,591
AP & Twireless Inc. Subaward AD-BEADAK065-02 deploys a fiber broadband solution. This project will service 61 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) in the communities of Thorne… $485,791
Alaska Telephone Company Project AD-BEADAK063-02 deploys a fiber broadband solution. This project will service 220 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs in the community of Tok. The… $2,850,036
Alaska Telephone Company Project AD-BEADAK046-02 deploys a fiber broadband solution. This project will service 24 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) in the community of Tok. The… $414,048
Alaska Works Partnership, Inc. Broadband Workforce Development Planning $109,000

Quick answers

Who received award 0220B066?

0220B066 was awarded to AK Department Of Commerce Community Econo by National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) on November 10, 2022.

How much is award 0220B066 worth?

$1,017,139,672 has been obligated on 0220B066.

Which agency awarded 0220B066?

National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) awarded 0220B066, with funding from National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Department of Commerce).

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