Treasury’s new rules on broadband funds will only widen the digital divide

Published January 31, 2022 11:28pm ET



The Biden Treasury Department has issued final rules for distributing $350 billion in COVID recovery funds, including uses for broadband.

Unfortunately, these poorly crafted rules are a dramatic departure from Treasury’s original draft rules. They would open the door for massive waste and duplication of existing programs, repeating the mistakes of the past build-outs. As Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s like deja vu all over again.”

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