Guiding Texas' Digital Opportunity Investments

The Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO), under the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, developed the Texas Digital Opportunity Plan to guide non-infrastructure-related digital opportunity investments. Another aim is to position the BDO to receive State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program funds from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Infrastructure Administration (NTIA). The focus is on closing the digital divide in Texas and ensuring every Texan has the skills and abilities to fully and safely utilize broadband access provided by the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and other sources of funding. BDO is accepting public comment through January 5, 2024.