President Biden called the $42.5 billion Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment program a "bold" step toward universal high-speed internet access by 2030.
President Joe Biden said the administration will step up its enforcement against pandemic unemployment fraud, which has affected virtually every state.
NASCIO celebrated the House's passage of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which funds a new cybersecurity grant program for state and local governments.
The $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act would make additional investments in advanced emergency-communications technology and state and local cyber efforts.
The tentative $1.2 trillion deal negotiated by a bipartisan Senate group offers less for broadband than the $100 billion the White House initially sought.