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Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program in Alabama

CFDA 11.035 — federal program obligations to Alabama

Total obligated

$1.40B

Awards

1

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (CFDA 11.035) shows $1,401,221,902 in USAspending.gov obligations coded to Alabama across 1 award. The pair is an NTIA BEAD catalog line joined to place of performance, not a ranking of Black Belt counties by unserved locations and not a count of fiber miles. Obligations are commitments, not construction draws. The Alabama × 11.035 overlay holds the row.

Key figures

  • CFDA 11.035 shows $1,401,221,902 in USAspending obligations in Alabama.
  • Award count is 1; the mean equals the total.
  • The join is program × place of performance, not a fiber-mile ranking.
  • Figures are obligations, not outlays.

One prime award carries Alabama’s BEAD allocation

This tie keeps USAspending assistance where CFDA 11.035 meets Alabama place of performance. The dollar book is $1,401,221,902. The award count is 1. BEAD state allocations typically post as a single large award to the designated state recipient. One prime record does not mean one ISP was selected, and it does not isolate the Black Belt from the Tennessee Valley.

The join does not prove that Alabama’s unserved-location count, rural density, or a particular middle-mile map caused $1,401,221,902. Those are other series. This packet has no project list. Correlation is not causation.

A reader who treats the cell as Alabama’s full federal obligation book has left the CFDA-by-state definition. The 1 figure is a record count, not a count of passing addresses.

The implied mean equals the cell

One award under $1,401,221,902 implies a mean of $1,401,221,902. With a single row, mean and total are the same number. Downstream subawards to ISPs are not additional prime awards in this extract.

Alabama’s BEAD dollar book sits close to Minnesota’s Basic Health Program total on this slice, but those are different catalog numbers in different states. Do not treat the coincidence as a comparison of programs. Cite BEAD’s own columns. USAspending.gov is the source; SpendingVault does not recast the total as a typical last-mile contract.

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Questions

How much BEAD spending is in Alabama?
USAspending.gov shows $1,401,221,902 in CFDA 11.035 obligations coded to Alabama across 1 award. The join uses the program number and Alabama place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays.
Why is there only 1 award for $1.40 billion?
BEAD state allocations often post as a single large prime award to the designated state recipient. The extract counts 1 record tagged to CFDA 11.035 and Alabama. With one award, the implied mean equals the total: $1,401,221,902.
Is $1.40 billion Alabama’s full federal spending?
No. $1,401,221,902 is only the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program cell. Other CFDA programs with Alabama place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 11.035 is not limited to Alabama.
Do these obligations equal broadband construction completed?
No. $1,401,221,902 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. Construction draws can lag the federal obligation by years.

USAspending.gov CFDA program aggregates by place of performance state. Obligations are not outlays.

How this pair fits

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