Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Broadband stimulus grants soon

May 15, 2009

At a meeting at the White House on May 14, Ed DeSeve, Vice President Biden’s lead on the American Recovery and Re-Investment Act told representatives of the “Big Seven” (organizations representing state and local government) that the guidance for the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grants would be available on June 22.

The BTOP program, administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has $7.2 billion to deploy broadband to unserved and underserved areas of the country...