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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded federal funding to Peninsula Fiber Network to construct two middle mile networks: Project 1 extends approximately 239 miles from southern Chicago, Illinois to St.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP), has awarded federal funding to Calista Corporation (Calista), an Alaska Native Regional Corporation, in cooperation with Alaska Communications (ACS) to install broadband fiber optic cable (FOC) to seven currently underserved communities along the Kuskokwim River.
Comments, suggestions, and questions on the Proposed Project will be received from May 19, 2026, to June 18, 2026, and can be emailed to [email protected], or mailed to Attn: Amanda Pereira, Environmental Program Officer, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4878, Washington, DC 20230.
Comments, suggestions, and questions on the Proposed Project will be received from May 13, 2026, to June 12, 2026, and can be emailed to [email protected], or mailed to Attn: Amanda Pereira, Environmental Program Officer, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4878, Washington, DC 20230.
Comments, suggestions, and questions on the Proposed Project will be received from April 30, 2026 to May 29, 2026, and can be emailed to [email protected], or mailed to Attn: Amanda Pereira, Environmental Program Officer, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4878, Washington, DC 20230.
Comments, suggestions, and questions on the Proposed Project were received from April 10, 2026, to May 10, 2026.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded federal funding to Pima County to create a 134.61-mile open access fiber middle mile ring around the County’s urban core. The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) was made available for public comment from March 30th, 2026 through April 29th, 2026.
Comments, suggestions, and questions on the Proposed Project will be received from January 14, 2026 to February 13, 2026, and can be emailed to [email protected], or mailed to Attn: Amanda Pereira, Environmental Program Officer, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4878, Washington, DC 20230.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as lead federal agency, in cooperation with the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Nome to Homer Express Middle Mile & Hooper Bay Network Fiber Optic Cable Project.
NTIA accepted written comments on the Draft EA during the public comment period, which ran from December 17, 2025 through January 16, 2026.
Comments, suggestions, and questions on the Proposed Project were received from October 15 to November 14, 2025.
The Bureau of Land Management FONSI was completed and signed on December 19, 2025, and the Decision Record was posted on January 27, 2026. They are now available at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=95a330f6-a7f2-f011-8407-001dd803d067
