BEAD Compliance Training
Defensibility is more than a compliance issue. It’s a cash-flow, capital-protection and execution issue.
BEAD-funded providers are entering one of the most consequential stages of the program: capital is being deployed, projects are moving, costs are accumulating, and reimbursement and milestone obligations are becoming part of day-to-day execution.
The challenge isn’t simply understanding the requirements. It’s building the operating practices necessary to support costs, substantiate decisions, demonstrate milestones and keep funding moving as the project advances.
Join us live, as we explore how to turn federal BEAD requirements into defensible practices that support reimbursement, compliance, and successful project execution.
Consider multi-functional team attendance to quickly build shared understanding of the requirements affecting your organization’s BEAD investment.
Sessions are designed for professionals responsible for the successful execution of BEAD-funded projects.
Executive Leadership • Broadband and Program Leadership • Finance and Accounting • Compliance and Regulatory • Operations and Project Management
MEET OUR EXPERT
Cindy Merrills
Compliance Strategy Advisor
Cindy brings more than 27 years of operational and team leadership experience, including experience supporting federal reimbursement programs and federally funded broadband initiatives. Her work spans FCC Repack, SVOG, SCRP and BEAD, with a focus on translating funding requirements into practical processes organizations can execute.
Widelity spans 20 years of supporting ISPs, government agencies and state administrators, including 10 years specializing in government reimbursement programs. As BEAD enters its next phase, Widelity translates decades of infrastructure and federal program expertise into operational guidance.
Why Widelity?
THE BUILD IS MOVING.
SO IS THE FINANCIAL EXPOSURE.
Across the country, BEAD projects are moving from agreements into permitting, procurement, mobilization and construction. At the same time, providers are confronting changing project economics, permitting constraints, field conditions and the practical realities of turning funded plans into finished networks.
Every change can have implications beyond the construction schedule. It can affect costs, documentation, milestones, reimbursement, contract obligations and the evidence another department may eventually need to substantiate what happened and why. The pressure to move quickly doesn’t eliminate the obligation to move carefully.
Turn Expert Insight into Practical Execution.
Drawing on real-world program experience, this session will teach you how to: