Morrisey's office did not respond to a request for comment from NPR. To Evan Feinman, who ran the federal broadband grant program in the Commerce Department under Biden, the move makes little sense.

A shift toward ‘tech-neutral’ internet could give Starlink an edge, while fiber providers remain in limbo.

America's most expensive broadband investment ever just lost its top leader and supporter, Evan Feinman. Feinman issued a sharp warning to colleagues in an email Sunday morning that millions of ...

The US Commerce Secretary has recently encouraged leaders to use Starlink's satellite internet in rural areas instead of broadband.

This month, Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a “rigorous review” of the program, which he said “has not connected a single person to the internet,” something he blamed on “woke ...

“There does not seem to be a clear understanding of the difference in these technologies, nor in the long-term impacts of making one choice versus another,” said Evan Feinman, the former director of ...

Seemingly arbitrary decisions and reviews with seemingly pre-determined outcomes left Evan Feinman’s staff ‘constantly concerned,’ the former director of BEAD explained on Beyond the Cable The ...

Evan Feinman, who until March 16 directed the program at the Commerce Department, wrote in an email last week that the broadband initiative — one of the centerpieces of the Infrastructure Invest ...

Howard Lutnick, commerce secretary under President Trump, told leaders of the government’s rural broadband initiative to prioritize less reliable satellite connectivity over ground-based ...