Public engagement, stakeholder coordination, and transparency are a central part of working to close the digital divide. Both of NTIA’s State-formula grant programs, the Broadband Equity and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, have public disclosure and comment requirements to facilitate community engagement and input into each State and Territory’s plans and proposals for using grant funds. Below are public comment and disclosure links hosted by States and Territories to facilitate public input into key elements of their Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program plans and proposals and the State Digital Equity Plans. For more information on the programs and State and Territory submission requirements, including BEAD Five Year Action Plans and Initial Proposal and Digital Equity (DE) Plans, please see each program’s Notices of Funding Opportunity.

State DE Planning Act Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

BEAD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
BEAD Five Year Action Plans*
Alabama:
Alaska:
American Samoa:
Arizona:
- BEAD Five-Year Action Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: Not Available
Arkansas:
California:
Colorado:
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:
Connecticut:
Delaware:
- The state of Delaware has submitted their BEAD Five Year Action Plan to NTIA. Contact the State Broadband Office for more information.
Florida:
Georgia:
Guam:
Hawaii:
Idaho:
Illinois:
Indiana:
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana:
Maine:
Maryland:
Michigan:
Minnesota:
Mississippi:
- Five Year Action Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 25, 2023
Missouri:
Montana:
Nebraska:
Nevada:
New Mexico:
New York:
North Carolina:
North Dakota:
Ohio:
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Pennsylvania:
Puerto Rico:
South Carolina:
South Dakota:
Utah:
Vermont:
Virginia:
West Virginia:
Washington:
- BEAD 5-Year Action Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 15, 2023
Wisconsin:
Draft Digital Equity Plans
Alabama:
- Statewide Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 23, 2023
Alaska:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 9, 2023
Delaware:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 4, 2023
District of Columbia:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 19, 2023
Georgia:
- Digital Connectivity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 8, 2023
Hawaii:
- Draft Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 31, 2023
Idaho:
- Digital Access for All Idahoans Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 8, 2023
Kansas:
- Digital Equity Strategic Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 2, 2023
Kentucky:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 15, 2023
Louisiana:
- Draft Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: July 7, 2023
Maine:
- Draft Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: June 30, 2023
Maryland:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 2, 2023
Massachusetts:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 15, 2023
Michigan:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: August 15, 2023
Minnesota:
- Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 29, 2023
Missouri:
- Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 26, 2023
Montana:
- Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: June 16, 2023
Nevada:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 20, 2023
New Jersey:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 30, 2023
New York:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 6, 2023
North Carolina:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: January 2, 2023
North Dakota:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 30, 2023
Ohio:
- Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 22, 2023
Oklahoma:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 13, 2023
Oregon:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 16, 2023
Pennsylvania:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: January 8, 2024
Puerto Rico:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 15, 2023
South Dakota:
- Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 31, 2023
Tennessee:
- Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 9, 2023
Texas:
- Digital Opportunity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: January 5, 2024
Utah:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: July 6, 2023
Washington:
- Draft Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 30, 2023
West Virginia:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: August 17, 2023
Wisconsin:
- Digital Equity Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 19, 2023
Wyoming:
- Draft Digital Access Plan
- Public Comment Period Close Date: August 17, 2023
Draft BEAD Initial Proposals**
Alabama:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 14, 2023
Alaska:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 18, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 20, 2023
American Samoa:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 5, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 3, 2023
Arizona:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 1, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 6, 2023
Arkansas:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 18, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 14, 2023
California:
Colorado:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 9, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 27, 2023
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 22, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 3, 2023
Connecticut:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 17, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 8, 2023
Delaware:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 1, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 13, 2023
District of Columbia:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 19, 2023
Florida:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 15, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 22, 2023
Georgia:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 18, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 1, 2023
Guam:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 30, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 9, 2023
Hawai'i:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 10, 2023
Idaho:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 31, 2023
Iowa:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 15, 2023
Illinois:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 31, 2023
Indiana:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 6, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 3, 2023
Kansas:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: August 30, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 13, 2023
Kentucky:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 26, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 4, 2023
Louisiana:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: June 23, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 25, 2023
Maine:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 3, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 9, 2023
Maryland:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 2, 2023
Massachusetts:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 15, 2023
Michigan:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 31, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 1, 2023
Minnesota:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 12, 2023
Mississippi:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 13, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 1, 2023
Missouri:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 26, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 15, 2023
Montana:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 2, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 28, 2023
Nebraska:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 14, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 13, 2023
Nevada:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 20, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 22, 2023
New Hampshire:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 13, 2023
New Jersey:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 29, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 8, 2023
New Mexico:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 10, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 14, 2023
New York:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 6, 2023
North Carolina:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 5, 2023
North Dakota:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 30, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 30, 2023
Ohio:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: August 22, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 21, 2023
Oklahoma:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 20, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 27, 2023
Oregon:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 20, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 9, 2023
Pennsylvania:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 10, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 14, 2023
Puerto Rico:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 15, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 10, 2023
Rhode Island:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 4, 2023
South Carolina:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 30, 2023
South Dakota:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 1, 2023
Tennessee:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 28, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 10, 2023
Texas:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volumes 1 and 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 4, 2023
U.S. Virgin Islands:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 12, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
Utah:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 14, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 15, 2023
Vermont:
- Draft BEAD Initial Proposal Vol. 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: August 18, 2023
- Draft BEAD Initial Proposal Vol. 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 15, 2023
Virginia:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: July 6, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 19, 2023
Washington:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 10, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 30, 2023
West Virginia:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 20, 2023
Wisconsin:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: October 30, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: December 11, 2023
Wyoming:
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 1
- Public Comment Period Close Date: September 21, 2023
- BEAD Initial Proposal, Volume 2
- Public Comment Period Close Date: November 17, 2023
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*NTIA does not require public disclosure or comment on BEAD Five Year Action Plans, however many States and Territories have opted to post their BEAD Five Year Action Plans for public notice and/or comment.
**Note that States and Territories may submit their BEAD Initial Proposals (consisting of two volumes) separately by volume.