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The Recovery Act appropriated $7.2
billion and directed the
Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
and The
Department of
Commerce's National Telecommunications Information
Administration (NTIA) to expand broadband access to
unserved and underserved communities across the U.S.,
increase jobs, spur investments in technology and
infrastructure, and provide long-term economic benefits.
The result is the RUS Broadband
Initiatives Program (BIP) and the NTIA Broadband
Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).
BIP will make loans and grants for
broadband infrastructure projects in rural areas. BTOP will
provide grants to fund broadband infrastructure, public
computer centers and sustainable broadband adoption
projects.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2009
UPDATE: RUS and NTIA announce additional measures to ensure that all
pending electronic applications can be submitted by the extended application
deadline of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 20, 2009. All applicants must
complete and submit their core application by the extended deadline. To the
extent that any applicant has been unable to upload any of the attachments to
the application by the extended deadline, they may submit those attachments on an appropriate electronic
medium by hand-delivery, overnight express, or regular mail by 5:00 p.m.
ET, August 24, 2009.
For applicants that choose a delivery service requiring a contact name
and telephone number, that name and number is LaShemma Simmons, (888) 861-5509
[option 5].
For more information see
Federal Register Notice: Broadband Initiatives
Program (BIP) and Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP),
Notice of Funds Availability; Method of Acceptance of Supplemental
Attachments.
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In this time of need for so many
Americans, thank you so much for
taking a moment to consider how you
might help President Obama and your Federal Government
deliver on the promise of economic recovery through the
Recovery Act's Broadband Technology
Opportunities Program and
Broadband Initiatives Program.
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For details on the definitions and
requirements of the BIP and BTOP programs, please refer to the
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Broadband
Initiatives Program and Broadband Technology Opportunities
Program.
(HTML version of NOFA)
For details on the definitions and
requirements of the State Broadband Data and Development
programs, please refer to the
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the State
Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.
For details on the "Buy American" waiver for the
NTIA
broadband initiative, please refer to the July 1
Federal Register notice.
For details on the "Buy American" waiver for the RUS
Broadband Initiatives Program, please refer to the July
1
Federal Register notice
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More information about
the FCC's National Broadband Plan is available at
www.broadband.gov.
More information about efforts
regarding the Recovery Act is available at
www.usda.gov/recovery,
www.commerce.gov/recovery and
www.recovery.gov.
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