Just one more complicating rule for broadband stimulus funds

June 11, 2009

It's just one of a host of details applicants will have to consider, but the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires that all contracts comply with the Davis-Bacon Act, which stipulates that all wages comply with prevailing wage law for public projects.


As a practical matter, that means matching funds will have to account for the higher wage rates ARRA projects will require. In other words, a higher match than many might have been planning for...