NTIA Faces Historic Hurdles in Steering Broadband Funding

By Leslie Stimson, Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief

Now that the Senate confirmed tech attorney Alan Davidson last week as director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), all eyes are on the little agency tasked with overseeing the bulk of the $65 billion set aside by President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill for expanding internet access.  The agency will steer $48 billion in federal funding for broadband deployment, a sum that will test its capacity, note experts. The Washington Post asked two former NTIA chiefs, David Redl and Larry Irving, what they see as the biggest hurdles for Davidson and the agency’s upcoming agenda. Continue Reading