Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program in Arkansas

Arkansas BEAD as a single prime record

CFDA 11.035 is titled BROADBAND EQUITY, ACCESS, AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. Filtered to Arkansas place of performance, obligations sum to $1,024,303,993.75 on 1 award. The national Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment Program hub includes every state. Arkansas's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,024,303,993.75 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of fiber miles, unserved locations, or ISPs in Little Rock, Fayetteville, or Fort Smith.

BEAD state allocations typically post as a single large award to the designated state recipient. The join does not name recipients, split the Delta and the Ozarks, or count fiber miles, unserved locations, or ISPs. Packet facts stop at $1,024,303,993.75, 1 award, AR, and 11.035. Correlation is not causation.

11.035 is not High Cost USF in Arkansas

Universal Service Fund High Cost (CFDA 32.002) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,024,303,993.75 would invent a broader total than this 11.035 × AR cell contains. Facts available: Arkansas, CFDA 11.035, $1,024,303,993.75, 1 award. Recipient names, subawards, and fiber mile, unserved location, or ISP counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment Program, not a ranking of Arkansas outcomes. With one award, the implied mean equals $1,024,303,993.75. Unique recipients are unpublished. 1 is not a count of fiber miles, unserved locations, or ISPs.

Questions

How much BEAD funding is obligated in Arkansas?

USAspending.gov shows $1,024,303,993.75 in CFDA 11.035 obligations coded to Arkansas across 1 award. The join uses the program number and Arkansas place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment Program and Arkansas together when citing $1,024,303,993.75.

Is BEAD the same as High Cost USF in Arkansas?

No. This cell is CFDA 11.035 only. Universal Service Fund High Cost (CFDA 32.002) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $1,024,303,993.75. 1 is a record count, not a fiber mile, unserved location, or ISP census.

Why is there only 1 award for this total?

1 is a USAspending award-record count, not a fiber mile, unserved location, or ISP census. The implied mean is $1,024,303,993.75 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,024,303,993.75 are not outlays.

Is $1.02 billion Arkansas's full federal broadband spend?

No. $1,024,303,993.75 is only the 11.035 × Arkansas cell. Other CFDA programs with Arkansas place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 11.035 is not limited to Arkansas. Obligations of $1,024,303,993.75 are not outlays.