Louisiana BEAD Compliance
Program status, award winners, and the compliance requirements every BEAD subgrantee in Louisiana must satisfy — from pre-agreement readiness through the 10-year federal-interest period.
Where Louisiana stands: Subgrants Executed — January 2026
Subgrant agreements are signed — the compliance obligation is live. Deployment milestones, BABA sourcing documentation, reporting cadences, and disbursement gates now apply, and they run for the full 10-year federal-interest period.
What Louisiana BEAD Subgrantees Must Comply With
NTIA NOFO, 2 CFR 200, Build America Buy America, Davis-Bacon, NIST cybersecurity & SCRM, environmental review, and network performance obligations — 318 of them critical severity. These apply to every BEAD subgrantee in every state.
Layered on top of the federal baseline by the Louisiana broadband office — 94 critical severity. State rules routinely add reporting cadences, performance thresholds, and documentation formats that differ from the federal defaults.
Louisiana BEAD Award Winnerstop 10 of 12
| ISP | Award | Status | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Local Fiber Consortium | $378.0M | Executed | Fiber |
| AT&T | $21.5M | Executed | Mixed |
| Nextlink | $18.5M | Executed | Fixed Wireless |
| Cajun Broadband | $18.2M | Executed | Mixed |
| Comcast Cable Communications LLC | $16.2M | Executed | Mixed |
| Direct Communications | $10.0M | Executed | Mixed |
| Conexon Connect LLC | $9.3M | Executed | Fiber |
| SpaceX | $7.7M | Executed | LEO Satellite |
| Brightspeed | $5.8M | Executed | Fiber |
| SkyRider Communications LLC | $5.4M | Executed | Fixed Wireless |
12 subgrants executed · Award data compiled from state broadband office announcements.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much BEAD funding has Louisiana awarded?
Louisiana has awarded $498.3M in BEAD subgrants across 12 ISPs. Current program status: Subgrants Executed (January 2026).
What compliance requirements apply to BEAD subgrantees in Louisiana?
Every BEAD subgrantee in Louisiana must satisfy 556+ federal requirements spanning Buy America (BABA), cybersecurity & supply chain risk management, financial & audit controls, environmental review, labor standards, and network performance — plus 150 Louisiana-specific requirements (94 critical severity) layered on by the state broadband office.
What happens if a Louisiana BEAD subgrantee falls out of compliance?
Consequences escalate from corrective action plans and payment withholding to letter-of-credit seizure, full clawback of disbursed funds, and — for False Claims Act violations such as BABA sourcing failures — up to treble damages and debarment from all federal programs.
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