End government-funded overbuilding; national broadband coordination; USF efficiency review
Mandate says agencies should steer broadband dollars only to unserved areas (end ARPA-style overbuild of existing high-speed networks), adopt a national coordinating strategy across 100+ programs/15 agencies, and have FCC review USF components for duplication/waste.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 28 (FCC) — Holding Government Accountable: end wasteful broadband spending policies; instruct departments/agencies to direct infrastructure funds to communities without adequate Internet instead of places that already enjoy broadband; eliminate government-funded overbuilding of existing networks (criticizing Treasury ARPA rules); adopt a national coordinating strategy for fragmented federal broadband efforts; ask FCC to review existing broadband programs including USF components to avoid duplication and save money.
Undo plan
1) Allow contested overbuild where monopoly prices/quality fail—not an absolute ban on funding second providers.
2) Build a national strategy via NTIA/FCC map accuracy and BEAD guardrails without defunding USF low-income support.
3) Fix ARPA/IIJA rules to prioritize unserved locations while permitting upgrades in underserved areas.
4) Publish overbuild incidence and cost-per-passing metrics.
5) Verify: BEAD/ARPA location eligibility; USF duplication audit.