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New Mexico Office of Broadband Access & Expansion

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Overview

Explore essential information and tools for regulatory compliance and reporting related to broadband initiatives in New Mexico. Access standards guidance, reporting templates, and more for each program and OBAE funding opportunity on the individual program website pages to ensure compliance of your organization's broadband projects.
Key OBAE Programs & Funding Opportunities
OBAE PROGRAMS:
  • BEAD
  • Digital Equity and Opportunities
  • ​Statewide Education Network (SEN)
OBAE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
  • Connect New Mexico Fund
  • Connect New Mexico Pilot Project
  • GWEP
  • PINON Grant
  • Student Connect
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NM State Personnel Office Whistleblower Protection Act

Compliance and Reporting Resources


​NM State Personnel Office Whistleblower Protection Act


The Whistleblower Protection Act protects public employees who disclose unlawful or improper acts of public employers and officials for the good of the public. “Public employee” means a person who works for or contracts with a public employer. “Public employer” means any department, agency, office, institution, board, commission, committee, branch, or district of state government; any political subdivision of the state, created under either general or special act, that receives or expends public money from whatever sources derived; any entity or instrumentality of the state specifically provided by law; and every office or officer of any entity listed above. To learn more, please click here or refer to NMSA 1978, Sections 10-16C-1 through 10-16C-6.

To report waste, fraud, and abuse:

Cass Brulotte | Acting General Counsel
New Mexico 
Office of Broadband Access and Expansion
[email protected]
(505) 699-5260

NM Office of the Attorney General
​Contact
(505) 490-4060

U.S. Department of Commerce | Office of the Inspector General
Online Complaint Form
Hotline: (800) 424-5197

U.S. Department of the Treasury | Office of the Inspector General
https://oig.treasury.gov/
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Click the button below to view reports submitted by the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion.
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CONTACTS​
Cass Brulotte
Acting General Counsel

New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion
email: [email protected]
phone: (505) 699-5260

Richard Govea
Project Manager Bureau Chief
New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion
email: Richard.govea@connect.nm.gov
phone: 505-629-7667

Andrew Wilder
BEAD Coordinator
New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion

email: [email protected]
phone: (505) 469-8686

Neala Krueger
Digital Equity Coordinator
​New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion
email: [email protected]
phone: (505) 538-0929

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​To report waste, fraud, & abuse or learn about the 
​Whistleblower Protection Act, please 
CLICK HERE
To read the OBAE Accessibility Statement CLICK HERE

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  • Home
    • About OBAE
    • CNM Council & Working Groups
    • OBAE Videos
    • Report Library
  • Programs
    • BEAD >
      • BEAD News
      • BEAD Archive >
        • Bead Applications
        • BEAD FAQs
        • Bead Office Hours
    • SEN >
      • SEN Advisory Committee
      • SEN Documents Library
    • Tribal Broadband >
      • Tribal Working Group
    • Workforce Training Opportunities
  • OBAE Funding
    • Awards Library
    • Community Connect
    • Connect NM Fund
    • Connect NM Pilot ARPA-CPF
    • Disaster Relief
    • GWEP
    • Student Connect
    • Grant Archive >
      • Pinon Grant
  • Resources
    • Accessibility >
      • Accessibility Statement
    • Affordability
    • Broadband Basics
    • Broadband Speed Test
    • Computers
    • Cybersecurity
    • Digital Needs
    • Funding
    • TAP
    • Workforce Development
  • Mapping & Data
    • NM Speed Test
    • Map Data Challenges
    • Mapping and Data Hub
  • OBAE Calendar
    • Ground Breakings
    • Ribbon Cuttings
    • Broadband Day
    • Digital Readiness Summit
    • Events Archive >
      • Events Archive 2025
      • Events Archive 2024
      • Events Archive 2023
      • Events Archive 2022
  • News
    • Press Releases
    • Newsblasts
    • OBAE in the News
    • Broadband Bulletin >
      • Tribal Newsletter Archive
  • Contact Us
    • Project Managers
    • IPRA Requests
    • Speaking Requests
    • Get Involved
  • FAQs