The Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) office will play an incredibly important role in doing just that – because if we want our state to reach its full potential, every Mississippian must be able to reach their full potential.

The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program requires each state to submit a five-year plan and an Initial Proposal that is broken up into Volume 1 and Volume 2 which shares …

Governor Tate Reeves then appointed former Senator Sally Burchfield Doty as director of the office which is known as BEAM (Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi). The State will now have one point of contact for all broadband issues.

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Jun 18, 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves today announced that the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) recently approved 24 broadband infrastructure projects to be funded by the Capital Projects Fund (CPF). BEAM anticipates additional CPF projects to be approved on a rolling basis throughout the summer.

Aug 26, 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves today announced that the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) recently approved nine broadband expansion projects to be funded by the Capital Projects Fund (CPF).

May 26, 2023 · – The Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) was approved for $151.4 million through the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF). BEAM was established and signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves in 2022 to administer all state and federal broadband initiatives.

The Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) has made preliminary determinations for an initial round of funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund established by Section 604 of the Social Security Act, as added by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).

The Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi “BEAM” was created through legislation signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves in April of 2022. The BEAM office is charged with creating a map that reflects the level of broadband service throughout the State of …