ITI: Buy America Broadband Waiver Will Advance U.S. Connectivity
WASHINGTON – Today, global tech trade association ITI applauded the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) proposed Buy America waiver (opens in a new tab) for its new grants for high-speed internet infrastructure deployment through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program (opens in a new tab).
“The proposed Build America, Buy America waiver NTIA issued today will help alleviate potential broadband implementation challenges and enable significant connectivity investments to reach more U.S. communities without delay,” said ITI Executive Vice President of Policy Gordon Bitko. “Advancing U.S. connectivity and ensuring broadband is reliable and accessible for all are top priorities for the tech industry and we are pleased that NTIA has heeded industry’s calls for a targeted waiver to support achieving those goals. ITI and our member companies urge the Biden Administration to implement similar commonsense waivers to support procurement of the technologies needed for infrastructure projects more broadly. We look forward to working with the administration, including NTIA, and state and local leaders as these crucial investments make their way to communities throughout the United States.”
Over the past two years, ITI has advocated for necessary waivers of Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements. Read more on ITI’s work below:
- ITI Letter to NTIA on Implementing the IIJA for Broadband (opens in a new tab)
- ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman’s Blog: Modernizing U.S. Infrastructure Means Leveraging the Global Supply Chain (opens in a new tab)
- ITI-led Multi-Association Letter on OMB April 2022 Initial BABA Guidance (opens in a new tab)
- ITI-led Multi-Association Letter to New MIAO Director (opens in a new tab)
- ITI Comments on OMB Proposed Rule for BABA: Guidance for Grants and Agreements (opens in a new tab)
- Coalition Letter to Biden Administration on BABA Implementation (opens in a new tab)
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