Rosenworcel, Carr Hopeful on FCC Maps Ahead of NTIA BEAD Program
The FCC is “coordinating with NTIA like never before,” FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel told reporters Thursday (see 2207130047). There’s “more engagement between our agencies than I think there’s ever been in history,” Rosenworcel said, which “is a good thing because…
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we have more work to do than ever before,” including ensuring NTIA is “in the know with mapping.” The FCC is contacting providers required to file information in the broadband data collection system, state broadband officers and other stakeholders to “make sure they understand how it works," Rosenworcel said, noting an initial map will be available in the fall: "All of this work is being discussed on a nearly daily basis between my staff, office, the agency, and our colleagues at NTIA." Commissioner Brendan Carr told reporters he's “all for moving as regulatorily possible” because the maps are “the key” to NTIA’s funding. “We should be sensitive” to concerns about NTIA using the first iteration “without the opportunity to … true up if a state is undercounted” because the FCC spent about $100 million on the maps “for the precise reason of making sure that these funding decisions are smart and based on accurate maps,” Carr said: “I think I’ve seen some positive sounds out of NTIA about making sure the allocation is done pursuant to a tested, accurate map.”