As someone that works in the gov overseeing IT upgrades .. this level of fuckery is absolutely real.
@Glyff3083
The thing people don't point out is this is on purpose. They make sure every cent goes to them. They create positions and tasks that take zero effort to get a paycheck so they can just shove money in their pockets
@RAWBOT301
Billions are wasted on proposals that go nowhere when they could have used that money laying fiber cables.
@dan8910100
The purpose of the bureaucracy is to justify the existence of the bureaucracy. Peak Karentocracy
@groundhog7063
They had 56 applicants that each got $5 million dollars in planning grants, then all but 3 applicants dropped out along the way. Fifty-three applicants dropped out of the program. That's $265 million that, in the end, accomplished absolutely nothing.
In his latest video, John Stewart discusses the $42 billion government broadband scandal with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr.
Carr has been critical of how the Biden administration's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program — a $42.5 billion initiative under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ― has been managed, arguing that funds are being misallocated to areas that already have high-speed internet rather than prioritizing unserved or underserved communities.
