The Divide: US Treasury's Joey Wender on awarding the first $5B in capital funds for broadband

Joey Wender, director of the capital projects fund at the US Treasury Department, joined the podcast at the ACA Connects Summit this week in Washington, DC, to talk about his department's progress awarding roughly $5 billion in broadband funding for states.

The capital projects fund, established in the American Rescue Plan, reserves $10 billion to carry out critical capital projects, with an emphasis on broadband infrastructure. We discuss the Treasury's progress thus far awarding the first $5 billion, as well as how the capital projects fund differs from other federal programs. Wender also explains why Treasury chose to "put our thumb on the scale in favor of fiber."

Here are a few topics discussed in this episode:

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