GAO Says FCC Overstates Tribal Broadband Availability, Urges Improvements
The FCC overstates broadband availability on tribal lands because it considers service available in a census block if a provider could serve at least one location, GAO reported Friday. "Overstatements of access limit FCC's and tribal stakeholders' abilities to target…
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broadband funding to such areas." GAO recommend the FCC devise ways to collect and report accurate data on tribal broadband access, develop a process for obtaining tribal input on provider data, and obtain feedback from tribal stakeholders on the effectiveness of a 2012 agency statement to providers on tribal engagement. The FCC agreed.