(a)

1. (1) In addition to state and private efforts to deploy broadband, the federal government is making extensive, well-funded efforts to promote rural broadband deployment, principally through the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Department of Agriculture.
2. (2) It is likely that federal funding for rural broadband in Arkansas in the next decade will much exceed any funding from the state.

(b)

1. (1) In order to make ARC broadband grants impactful, many state officials recognize the need to consider the ways that ARC will interact with federal funds.
2. (2) There are plausible scenarios in which ARC broadband grants leverage federal funds, and plausible scenarios in which ARC broadband grants crowd out federal funds.
3. (3) Announcements of new federal programs, rules, dates, and deadlines, etc., are hard to predict, and coordination between state and federal programs is difficult and may be incompatible with due process at the state level.