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2-Year Priority Goal

Ensure all Americans have access to high-speed, affordable, and reliable broadband (Joint with USDA)

Goal leaders

Alan Davidson

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) (DOC)

Jacki Ponti-Lazaruk

Chief Innovation Officer

Innovation Center, Rural Development (USDA)

To achieve

By September 30, 2023, the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce will expand affordable and reliable access to broadband service by funding projects, which when completed, will provide at least 550,000 households with reliable and affordable access to high quality internet service. This will be achieved through investment in broadband infrastructure and related activities, accompanied by outreach and technical assistance, in coordination with applicable Federal agencies, to promote American household accessibility to affordable, reliable, high-speed internet service.