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Experts Warn Funding Cuts Threaten Digital Workforce Skills

6/19/2025

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At the Broadband Breakfast's Speeding BEAD Summit, panelists sounded the alarm on the critical need for digital workforce skills as funding cuts threaten the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program. They cautioned that slashing support for digital equity and training could undermine the development of essential skills in AI and critical thinking, jeopardizing the future workforce.

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At the Broadband Breakfast's Speeding BEAD Summit, panelists sounded the alarm on the critical need for digital workforce skills as funding cuts threaten the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program. They cautioned that slashing support for digital equity and training could undermine the development of essential skills in AI and critical thinking, jeopardizing the future workforce.