DOGE Cuts Halted Texas Plans to Extend Broadband to Underserved Areas

DOGE cuts have terminated federal contracts and grants worth $863 million in Texas, reports the San Antonio Express-News. Among them were state plans to extend high-speed internet services to underserved communities and contracts to staff an army medical center’s outpatient rehab:

The Texas Comptroller’s office took the biggest blow in the latest round, losing a nearly $56 million deal with the Department of Commerce to help underserved people across the state access high-speed internet. As a result, the state’s Broadband Development Office is pausing funding under the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program. 

In San Antonio, Stability Staffing and Consulting lost its $1.2 million deal with the Defense Department to provide medical staffing for Brooke Army Medical Center’s outpatient rehabilitation services.