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  "description": "Chair responds to an April audit that flagged mapping weaknesses and data gaps.",
  "path": "/carr-to-congress-fcc-improving-coordination-among-federal-broadband-programs/",
  "publishedAt": "2025-09-26T22:53:36.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2025 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman**Brendan Carr** wrote to Hill leaders saying the agency was working to improve interagency coordination in federal broadband programs.\n\nIn its _April 28 audit_, the Government Accountability Office faulted the FCC, along with Treasury, the Agriculture Department, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, for leaving coordination gaps in federal broadband programs three years after an earlier watchdog report called for a national strategy.\n\nWriting _on Sept. 9_ to a six of congressional leaders with jurisdiction over appropriations, oversight, and communications policy,**** Carr said the FCC was fully implementing GAO’s recommendations and tightening interagency processes.\n\n“We are pleased to inform you that the Commission is actively addressing and incorporating GAO’s six recommendations into our processes,” Carr wrote. The agency had been criticized in April for only implementing two of eight recommendations put forth in GAO’s _2022 report_.\n\nOne of GAO’s biggest concerns centered on the National Broadband Map, maintained by the FCC, which all four of the agencies rely upon to guide federal broadband funding decisions.\n\nGAO said the FCC had not formally assessed whether its validation, verification, audit, and enforcement referral processes were sufficient to ensure the map’s accuracy\n\nCarr responded, defending the agency. “The National Broadband Map is also updated to reflect the outcomes of challenges, verifications, audits and other corrections providers make to their data every two weeks,” he said.\n\n“The Commission continues to review validation processes after each filing round and has actively taken steps to remedy any deficiencies identified, while making other improvements designed to enhance the accuracy of Broadband Data Collection filer data,” Carr wrote, adding that the map now shows coverage for more than 116 million broadband-serviceable locations.\n\nCarr also responded to GAO’s criticism that federal agencies lacked clarity on what broadband project data must be shared and how to prevent overlapping awards.\n\nHe said the FCC, in consultation with NTIA, USDA and Treasury, has exchanged draft proposals to define “covered data” under the agencies’ memorandum of understanding.\n\nIn addition, Carr noted that the three agencies have agreed in principle on timelines for submitting award information to the Broadband Funding Map and on procedures to avoid duplicative funding. Those draft agreements were now undergoing internal review/\n\nAccording to the GAO report, there are 133 federal broadband programs administered by 15 federal agencies in the U.S.",
  "title": "Carr To Congress: FCC Improving Coordination Among Federal Broadband Programs",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T05:45:21.422Z"
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