Navigating the Future of Broadband in a Shifting Political Landscape

Government internet programs aren’t usually at the center of political attacks. But the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, or BEAD, has become a Republican target amid Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign for president. On POLITICO Tech, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Alan Davidson, who heads the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, joins host Steven Overly to discuss the agency’s latest broadband investments in Florida and Alabama, and to refute GOP critics who say the program is behind schedule.

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