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• CAGW Seeks Strict Scrutiny of Broadband Stimulus Grants

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  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 ...
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• Anoka County, Minnesota issues RFP seeking partner for NTIA broadband funding

  
  MuniWireless — Authority: 496
  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, ...
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• Broadband Stimulus Program Take Two – less is more? Request for comment..

  
  isoc-ny.org — Authority: 116
  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 ...
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• NTIA, RUS want your feedback on next round of funding

  
  MuniWireless — Authority: 496
  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 ...
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• NTIA/RUS Decide on One More Round of Broadband Funding

  
  Tech Policy Central — Authority: 115
  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 ...
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• NTIA/RUS Announce Streamlining of Broadband Stimulus Program

  
  Telecompetitor — Authority: 434
  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 ...
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• Wisconsin Gets Broadband Mapping Grant; DPI Seeks Input

  
  The WLA Blog — Authority: 120
  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 ...
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• BroadbandCensus.com’s Request For Assistance – And a Broadband Breakfast Club Invite

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 589
  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 ...
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• BREAKING: Gov. Herbert Recommends UTOPIA for Broadband Stimulus

  
  Free UTOPIA! — Authority: 416
  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 ...
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• Broadband And Education - FCC Asks: Whats The Scoop?

  
  CommLawBlog — Authority: 124
  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 ...
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• 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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• How Intermountain West States Rate for Broadband Stimulus Funds

  
  indonesia type approval — Authority: 140
  In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus package, Congress appropriated $7.2 billion for broadband grants, loans, and loan guarantees to be administered by the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information ...
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• Broadband Stimulus Awards to be Delayed

  
  Telecompetitor — Authority: 434
  NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling announced at a recent congressional hearing that the awarding of broadband stimulus funds will be delayed until at least December. The first of the $7.2 billion funding for infrastructure projects was originally scheduled to be awarded in November. Strickling told a Senate oversight ...
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• NTIA, RUS to award grants in December 2009

  
  MuniWireless — Authority: 496
  The NTIA and RUS have extended the review of grant applications to December 2009, one month later than earlier announced. The first round of funding of the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program and the Broadband Initiative Program has generated thousands of applications. Lawrence Strickling, Assistant Secretary ...
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• Oink! $1.5 million for a broadband map of Washington DC

  
  Third Pipe, the future of broadband — Authority: 128
  If you wanted to improve broadband access in Washington DC, how would you go about it? In the case of the NTIA (a the bureaucratic body responsible for dispersing internet stimulus money), you order a very expensive map and build nothing. The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information ...
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• NTIA Broadband Data Transparency Workshop

  
  Public Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts — Authority: 132
  October 30, 2009 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a public meeting regarding data related to broadband Internet access that the agency collects, data needs of researchers, and future broadband research. U.S. Department of ...
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• Comcast protests broadband stimulus grant applications

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 143
  It was only a matter of time before the large cable MSOs such as Comcast, who joined the telcos in opting out of the broadband stimulus race over fear of the FCCs net neutrality rules, would begin protesting broadband grant applications. Comcast is the first major carrier to protest broadband stimulus applications. A ...
  2 weeks ago

• Yes, BTOP is Broken

  
  Free UTOPIA! — Authority: 416
  Geoff Daily recently took BTOP out to the woodshed over its glacial pace, poor oversight, and severe underfunding. Today, I got some personal confirmation that BTOP is likely entirely broken and won’t accomplish much, at least not on this first round. Way back on September 17, I sent the following e-mail: ...
  3 weeks ago

• States Begin Lining Up Broadband Stimulus Project Priorities

  
  Telecompetitor — Authority: 434
  Several states have started prioritizing their broadband projects in anticipation of broadband stimulus grants and loans being approved in the coming weeks and months.Massachusetts, Washington, Maine, Michigan, and Texas have all communicated their desired priorities of broadband projects within their respective ...
  4 weeks ago

• Will Supercomm be stimulating?

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 143
  Supercomm 2009 is less than one week away. The show will be held Oct. 21-23 in Chicago, and as a Chicagoan I am pleased to inform you that we are expecting a fall heat wave next week. That means temperatures in the low 60s, which sure beats the low 40s that were experiencing right now. Also, fall colors should ...
  4 weeks ago

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