About the data

Public coverage and account access

• Public pages show dated state summaries and open Michigan records.
• The national award holders directory shows the Michigan edition. An account opens company details for all 56 states and territories.
• CSV export of filtered project results requires a signed-in account.
• Technology hubs share the same state selection and public-edition boundaries.

Definitions

Allocation

The dollars NTIA set aside for a state or territory’s BEAD program. Each allocation keeps its announcement date.

Awarded

The dollars assigned to projects in the reported award records. Awarded money has a recipient. Payment follows the award agreement.

Subaward (executed)

A state agreement with an award holder, reported to USAspending. The record carries its action date and reporting date.

Subgrantee

The organization selected to receive a state or territory’s grant award. The award holder decides its own vendor and subcontracting needs.

Contractor

A company that performs work under a commercial agreement. Its customer sets the procurement process and payment terms.

Locations

The homes and businesses a project plans to serve, as reported in the award record. Completed connections require separate evidence.

State award status

The status reported by a dated state source. Program milestones and project award statuses are recorded separately.

Project award status

Provisional, Approved, Agreement executed, Construction, Complete. Construction and completion show only once an executed subaward links to this project. Schedule dates on their own are plans.

Technology

The network technology reported for a project: fiber, wireless, cable, copper or satellite.

Program change

A recorded change to an award, such as a withdrawal, revised amount or new selection process. Each change keeps its source date.

Reporting lag

The gap between an agreement’s action date and its publication in federal reporting. State and federal records can have different dates.

Vintage

The reporting period and publication date of a source edition. Project figures describe that period.

As of

The date attached to a source snapshot. Each source retains its own date.

Technology hubs

Growth indexes these six labels exactly as the tracker stores them: Fiber, Cable, Licensed Fixed Wireless, Unlicensed Fixed Wireless, LBR Fixed Wireless, LEO Satellite.

Also present in the database but not separate Growth hubs: Coax Cable, Fixed Wireless, Satellite, GSO Satellite, Copper, Other.

Optional invoice certification

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