DOC - Financial and Activity Report
Financial Status: |
- Total Available: $202,345,833
- Total Paid Out: $13,116,505
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Major Actions Taken to Date: |
- Department wide
- ARRA programs have been scheduled for review by the Department's Investment Review Board.
- NOAA
- NOAA ARRA Spend Plan submitted to Congress
- 160 applications for NOAA Habitat Restoration competitive grants received to date
- NTIA
- On April 2, 2009, NTIA testified before the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives on Broadband Stimulus Provisions of the ARRA.
- Department of Commerce Secretary Locke opened the Cable Show 2009 Convention in Washington, DC and provided remarks on the importance of broadband. NTIA Deputy Assistant Secretary Anna Gomez participated in a panel discussion related to the Digital TV (DTV) transition and the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). NTIA Senior Advisor Larry Atlas participated in a panel discussion on BTOP.
- NTIA's DTV Converter Box Coupon Program accepted requests for 667,232 coupons with a value of over $26,689,280
- NTIA's DTV Converter Box Coupon Program reimbursed retailers for 92,511 coupons with a value of $3,699,949
- NTIA and the FCC informed the Appropriations Committees of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives that NTIA intends to transfer $65.705 million in Recovery Act funds to the FCC for DTV consumer education and outreach.
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Major Planned Actions: |
- Department wide
- The Department will participate in a White House sponsored information forum on ARRA for groups including various Chambers of Commerce.
- NOAA
- Planned press release on proposed NOAA ARRA spend plan
- NOAA Habitat Restoration competitive grants opportunity announcement closes Monday, April 6, 2009.
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