The document adheres to NTIA guidelines and includes a description of each requirement along with attachments, available for public inspection and comments.
KOBD used your input to update the BEAD-IP, Volume 1, which focuses on existing funding, unserved and underserved locations, community anchor institutions (CAI), and a challenge process that will follow the approval of this plan. A second volume of the BEAD-IP can be found below addresses other NTIA requirements such as the subgrantee selection process. You can learn more from this Notice of Funding Opportunity.
For easy reference these are the sections of Volume 1 that have been revised:
You can view the full document by clicking the button below.
To learn more about the challenge process and requirements please see document from National Telecommunications Information and Administration (NTIA)
Volume 1: The public comment period was open for thirty (30) days and was extended to 5:00 p.m. (CT) September 5, 2023.
| Comment Number | Name | Organization Represented (as applicable) | Documented Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Musil | Blue Rapids Community Action Team | Link to PDF |
| 2 | Laura Musil | Blue Rapids Community Action Team | Link to PDF |
| 3 | David Miller | NA | Link to PDF |
| 4 | Troy Smith | NA | Link to PDF |
| 5 | Steve McClintock | NA | Link to PDF |
| 6 | Nasha Lee | NA | Link to PDF |
| 7 | Courtney Howell | NA | Link to PDF |
| 8 | Darrin Hiebert | NA | Link to PDF |
| 9 | Carol Phelps | NA | Link to PDF |
| 10 | Steve Kibbee | NA | Link to PDF |
| 11 | Cindy Price | NA | Link to PDF |
| 12 | Cole Herder | City of Humboldt | Link to PDF |
| 13 | Cole Herder | City of Humboldt | Link to PDF |
| 14 | Deb Minkler | Rawlins County Economic Development | Link to PDF |
| 15 | Douglas Lawson | NA | Link to PDF |
| 16 | Katie Eisenhour | Scott County Development Committee – on behalf of Scott City and Scott County in their entirety | Link to PDF |
| 17 | Alisha Herrmann | Edwards County Medical Center | Link to PDF |
| 18 | Rick Peterson | Kansas State Research and Extension (KSRE) | Link to PDF |
| 19 | Janet McRae | NA | Link to PDF |
| 20 | Jenny Miller | EducationSuperHighway | Link to PDF |
| 21 | Chris Breeden | NA | Link to PDF |
| 22 | Becki Regier | Home Communications, Inc. | Link to PDF |
| 23 | Chris Breeden | Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association (KCTA) | Link to PDF |
| 24 | Stephen Duerst | NA | Link to PDF |
| 25 | Pamela Sherwood | Connect Holding II LLC d/b/a Brightspeed | Link to PDF |
| 26 | Anthony Tate | Compudopt | Link to PDF |
| 27 | Marlene Nagel | Mid-America Regional Council | Link to PDF |
| 28 | Nathan Madden | Health Forward Foundation | Link to PDF |
| 29 | John Reardon | NA | Link to PDF |
| 30 | David Norlin | NA | Link to PDF |
| 31 | Stephen Duerst | Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association (KCTA) | Link to PDF |
| 32 | Jim Jamison | AT&T | Link to PDF |
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