NTIA: Broadband stimulus funding: - Office of Sponsored Research and Programs Blog - Missouri State University

As we wait for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration,(NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce to announce the availability of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, let us look at key points of the program that can serve as a guide to what our focus should be.

What we know is that colleges are leading the charge for the broadband funding opportunity with the hope they can “claim the money and shape the national network policy”. The Broadband initiative is through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) that seeks to bring the benefits of broadband to rural and underserved communities...