#bead

#bead

December 10, 2025 - CostQuest, Quadra Partners, and ITG (formerly Tilson)-collectively "CQI" -are today announcing a partnership and the GrantLight Compliance Reporting System to support State Broadband Offices (SBOs) through the unprecedented BEAD post-award oversight process. Together, CQI will provide SBOs with end-to-end compliance and reporting solutions that alleviate the complexity of new, location-level grant-oversight requirements and effectively manage all aspects of the monitoring, reporting, and auditing compliance lifecycle.

The award goes equally to whoever came up with the plan to cut the BEAD infrastructure grants in half, and to the person who came up with this dreadful name," Dawson wrote.

"Arkansas' total BEAD grant outlay stands at $308.3 million, a savings of more than $275 million compared to the prior version of the program," wrote Arkansas State Broadband Director Glen E. Howie, Jr., in a message accompanying the state's final proposal, which is available for public comment. The biggest winners , measured in dollars, were Hometown Internet and Aristotle Unified Communications, followed by Brightspeed and Comcast. Both LEO operators - SpaceX and Amazon Kuiper - are slated to receive funding.