Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program in Kentucky

Kentucky BEAD as a one-award NTIA cell

CFDA 11.035 is titled BROADBAND EQUITY, ACCESS, AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. Filtered to Kentucky place of performance, obligations sum to $1,086,172,537 on 1 award. The national Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment Program hub includes every state. Kentucky's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,086,172,537 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of fiber miles, unserved locations, or ISPs in Louisville, Lexington, or Frankfort.

BEAD state allocations typically post as a single large award to the designated state recipient. The join does not name recipients, split the Bluegrass and the coalfields, or count fiber miles, unserved locations, or ISPs. Packet facts stop at $1,086,172,537, 1 award, KY, and 11.035. Correlation is not causation.

11.035 is not High Cost USF in Kentucky

Universal Service Fund High Cost (CFDA 32.002) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,086,172,537 would invent a broader total than this 11.035 × KY cell contains. Facts available: Kentucky, CFDA 11.035, $1,086,172,537, 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 Kentucky outcomes. With one award, the implied mean equals $1,086,172,537. Unique recipients are unpublished. 1 is not a count of fiber miles, unserved locations, or ISPs.

Questions

How much BEAD funding is obligated in Kentucky?

USAspending.gov shows $1,086,172,537 in CFDA 11.035 obligations coded to Kentucky across 1 award. The join uses the program number and Kentucky place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment Program and Kentucky together when citing $1,086,172,537.

Is BEAD the same as High Cost USF in Kentucky?

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 $1,086,172,537. 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 $1,086,172,537 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,086,172,537 are not outlays. Keep Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment Program and Kentucky together when citing $1,086,172,537. The overlay remains the live 11.035 × KY table on USAspending.gov.

Is $1.09 billion Kentucky's full federal broadband spend?

No. $1,086,172,537 is only the 11.035 × Kentucky cell. Other CFDA programs with Kentucky place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 11.035 is not limited to Kentucky. Obligations of $1,086,172,537 are not outlays.