Where did the broadband billions go? Watchdog finds gaps in federal records

Federal agencies spent billions on broadband rollout. Now the watchdog can't verify where the money went or what got built.

The GAO report released today found 15 agencies running more than 100 programs with overlapping mandates, no shared definitions of 'broadband,' and accountability gaps that would make a CFO's eye twitch. This isn't about slow rural internet anymore — it's a governance failure with a price tag we can't even calculate.

At QikAI, we work with risk and compliance teams who see this pattern repeat in AI: distributed ownership, no single source of truth, and spending reviews that rely on spreadsheets no one can reconcile. The regulatory scaffolding comes later, after the budget is gone.

The deck below breaks down what failed, who owns the mess, and what operational resilience looks like when billions move without a ledger.

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