February 2024

The Policies, Plans, and Promises Research Group conducts comparative policy analyses to understand how states are approaching specific issues critical to ensuring equitable broadband. As part of the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act (DEA), the federal government charged states with leading the work, crafting plans to make universal broadband access and adoption a reality.  These plans, intended to work in tandem, speak to how states are thinking about and planning for next steps.