- (a) The Broadband Governing Board sets broadband expansion policy in the State to ensure that affordable, high-speed internet is available to all Oklahomans. The Board creates and implements an annual budget and grant incentive programs. Additionally, the Board oversees the development of the State Broadband Plan and broadband mapping, which describes how the state will achieve 95 percent high-speed internet coverage by June 2028.
- (b) The Oklahoma Broadband Office ("Office") is charged with fulfilling the Board's mission of statewide broadband expansion by developing a comprehensive plan, managing grant applicants, processes, and procedures, making formal grant awards, and overseeing the subrecipients of the grants. This includes grant agreements, monitoring, compliance, and federal reporting requirements.
Added at 40 Ok Reg 1723, eff 9-11-23