State broadband website(s)
NTIA Federal Program Officer and State broadband contact(s)
Melinda Stanley, NTIA BEAD Federal Program Officer
Jade Piros de Carvalho, Broadband Director, Kansas Office of Broadband Development
Joseph Le, Deputy Director, Kansas Office of Broadband Development, (785) 230-4615
Stephen Shelton, Broadband Data and GIS Analyst, Kansas Office of Broadband Development, (785) 481-8150
Morgan Barnes, Engagement and Outreach Manager, Kansas Office of Broadband Development, (785) 480-8555
Kimberlyn Jones, Digital Equity Program Manager, Kansas Office of Broadband Development, (785) 289-3345
State broadband coordinators
The Kansas Office of Broadband Development is located within the Kansas Department of Commerce, per Executive Order No. 20-67.
Digital Inclusion Programs
Local initiative:
- Kansas City metropolitan area: Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion
OICG Report
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program
Program Page for BEAD
BEAD Program Award Total
$451,725,998.15
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Program Page for TBCP
Total Funds Awarded (TBCP)
$4,708,317.00
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
$498,000.00
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
$3,710,576.00
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
$499,741.00
Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program
Program Page for EMMBIP
Kansas Department of Commerce
$42,514,219.13
EMMBIP Program award total
$42,514,219.13
State Code
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