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• Misunderstanding NTIA: The Good, The Bad, and The Uncertain

  
  App-Rising — Authority: 505
  While Ive been critical of NTIA over the course of the stimulus to date, Ive had limited opportunities to engage in a direct dialog with them, so my criticisms were really about the perception of what NTIAs doing rather than the reality. In the last few weeks Ive had a couple of opportunities to listen to and speak ...
  5 days ago

• NTIA’s Strickling Talks Broadband

  
  NextGenWeb: New. Comprehensive. Innovative. — Authority: 423
  Day two of Supernova 2009 started with a great dialogue between Supernova organizer (and Wharton prof) Kevin Werbach and NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling. Werbach graciously tried to keep the “content diversified” with questions on spectrum, inter-agency communications and other topics. But with NTIA having ...
  6 days ago

• ATTN NTIA/RUS: Wiring Community Anchors May Be A Mistake

  
  App-Rising — Authority: 505
  Theres been a lot of buzz around the benefits and relative viability of wiring all community anchor institutions (schools, libraries, hospitals, etc.) with fiber as the way to get the best bang for the broadband buck. But recent conversations with my fiber-deploying friends have led me to worry that doing this could ...
  1 week ago

• WiMAX Accounts for More Than 25 Percent of Last Mile Applications for U.S. Broadband Stimulus Funds

  
  Telecompetitor — Authority: 502
  Four WiMAX Forum® Operator Members Apply for Funds: Clearwire, Digital Bridge Communications, Open Range Communications, TowerstreamFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. –(Business Wire)– Dec 01, 2009 Over 300 WiMAX applications accounted for one-fourth of the total last mile broadband stimulus applications received by the ...
  1 week ago

• More Broadband Mapping Grants Awarded

  
  Telecompetitor — Authority: 502
  NTIA announced it has awarded six additional grants for broadband mapping worth $11.2 million. The awards will go to state government designated projects in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana and Missouri (details provided below).To date, NTIA has awarded 21 broadband mapping grants, all of which fall ...
  1 week ago

• UStelecom Urges Key Changes in Second Round of Broadband Stimulus Funding

  
  USTelecom Blog — Authority: 120
  Experienced Network Providers Offer Best Chance of Sustainable Broadband Deployment & Economic Growth WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, USTelecom filed comments with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) offering the association’s input as the ...
  1 week ago

• NTIA Reports BTOP Progress to Congress

  
  Telecompetitor — Authority: 502
  The federal government’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Rural Utilities Service received more than 2,200 applications requesting nearly $28 billion in funding for proposed broadband projects, according to the NTIA’s latest quarterly report to Congress on the $4.7 billion Broadband ...
  2 weeks ago

• CenturyLink opposes local NC broadband application

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 143
  As the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Rural Utility Service (RUS) get set to award broadband stimulus grants, it was only a matter of time before incumbent telcos such as CenturyLink--who opted to not participate in the program--started raising their hackles against applicants ...
  2 weeks ago

• Stimulus Czars Provide Environmental Guidance, Seek Input on Next Funding Round

  
  CommLawBlog — Authority: 125
  It is hard (or maybe not so hard) to believe that back in February when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was enacted, the administrators at the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce were promising that grants would start to be made in May , with most of the first round funds awarded in June.  Here we ...
  3 weeks ago

• CAGW Seeks Strict Scrutiny of Broadband Stimulus Grants

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 504
  CAGW this month filed letters with the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) objecting to 23 applications for broadband grants totaling $550 million under the “economic stimulus” bill.  “There have been numerous reports of waste and mismanagement of stimulus funds, such as hundreds ...
  3 weeks ago

• Anoka County, Minnesota issues RFP seeking partner for NTIA broadband funding

  
  MuniWireless — Authority: 470
  Anoka County, Minnesota (430 square miles; pop: 320,000) has just posted an RFP seeking a partner to help it get a grant from the NTIA for broadband in the county. The deadline for responses is 14 December 2009 at 16:00. I have posted the main RFP document on Scribd . If you are serious about responding to the RFP, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Broadband Stimulus Program Take Two – less is more? Request for comment..

  
  isoc-ny.org — Authority: 118
  Nov 10 2009 : The United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced they are streamlining the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s broadband grant and loan programs by ...
  3 weeks ago

• NTIA, RUS want your feedback on next round of funding

  
  MuniWireless — Authority: 470
  The NTIA and RUS are seeking public comment about the next round of funding. There will be only one more round, not two, and the agencies want to know how they can streamline the process. This is after all the “stimulus” funding and it’s meant to stimulate the economy. Given that we are already in year 2 of ...
  4 weeks ago

• NTIA/RUS Decide on One More Round of Broadband Funding

  
  Tech Policy Central — Authority: 107
  The two federal agencies in charge of the Recovery Acts $7.2 billion in broadband funding programs, USDAs Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Departments National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), confirmed today that they will consolidate the two remaining funding rounds into one ...
  4 weeks ago

• NTIA/RUS Announce Streamlining of Broadband Stimulus Program

  
  Telecompetitor — Authority: 502
  Agencies Plan to Consolidate Final Two Funding Rounds, Seek Comment on Program EnhancementsWASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 – The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announceNTId they are streamlining the American ...
  4 weeks ago

• Wisconsin Gets Broadband Mapping Grant; DPI Seeks Input

  
  The WLA Blog — Authority: 92
  On Friday the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ) announced it awarded grants to fund state broadband mapping to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and to six other states. (Press release at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/ BBMappinggrants _091106.html .) The PSC has ...
  4 weeks ago

• BroadbandCensus.com’s Request For Assistance – And a Broadband Breakfast Club Invite

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 572
  Here’s something that may appeal to transparency enthusiasts, as well as to environmental skeptics… WASHINGTON, November 9, 2009 – BroadbandCensus.com has been investigating broadband stimulus projects and focusing on the preferred projects from the states. We still lack letters to the National ...
  4 weeks ago

• BREAKING: Gov. Herbert Recommends UTOPIA for Broadband Stimulus

  
  Free UTOPIA! — Authority: 120
  Peter Pratt at StimulatingBroadband.com tipped me off that Gov. Herbert has made his recommendations to NTIA and that all three of UTOPIA’s proposals are on the list. This could pump over $57M into the network at a time when capital for expansion is rather difficult to come by. The money could be ready to use as ...
  4 weeks ago

• Broadband And Education - FCC Asks: Whats The Scoop?

  
  CommLawBlog — Authority: 125
  FCC solicits comments, information on interplay of broadband deployment and education at all levels As part of its ongoing efforts to get a handle on All Things Broadband before the FCC’s homework ( i.e. , the National Broadband Plan, a/k/a the NBP) is due in February, the Commission has released yet another ...
  4 weeks ago

• NTIA, RUS delay broadband grant awards

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 143
  If youre a service provider or a local government agency waiting to see if youll get a funding grant for your broadband project, your wait is going to get longer. Citing ongoing confusion over the application process and the definition of remote areas, the National Telecommunications Industry Association (NTIA) and ...
  5 weeks ago

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