About Us

The DC State Broadband Office (DC SBO) is a department within DC’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). DC SBO will utilize federal funding to realize a vision for DC in which every resident, every business, in every corner of DC can live, work, and thrive in the digital age—without bias or barriers. To realize this vision, the DC SBO works to ensure that all DC residents and businesses have access to affordable, high-speed internet within their homes, and in their local Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs). DC SBO also works to ensure that every DC resident has the skills to effectively use internet access devices, and to be both productive and safe online. Fundamentally, DC SBDEO works to enable residents to gain this connectivity and these skills, both in their daily lives, and in their journeys over time. In so doing, the DC SBO intends to close the digital divide within the district.

DC SBO has oversight of the District of Columbia’s BEAD grant funding implementation efforts. The BEAD Grant provides $42.45 billion to all 50 states and U.S. territories to fund planning, infrastructure, deployment, and adoption programs for expanding broadband connectivity throughout the next five years. The District’s BEAD funding will ensure that all District residents will have the access, skills, technology, and capacity to fully participate in the modern world.  Rounding out DC SBO’s broadband responsibilities, is its governance of the District’s Capital Projects Fund (CPF) which provides $15 million for the implementation of fiber-optic infrastructure within Ward 5 of the District.

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Get in contact with The DC State Broadband Office 

Visit our website at techtogether.dc.gov

Email us at octo.grants@dc.gov

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