Monday, June 15, 2009

Nonprofits prepare for a share of broadband stimulus funds - South Florida Business Journal:

June 12, 2009

With $7.2 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated to provide broadband access to unserved and underserved populations across the nation, the region’s nonprofits are scrambling to bring a share to South Florida.

Though the federal government hasn’t decided the rules for disbursing the money, advocates have been strategizing for months on ways to bridge the digital divide and increase the region’s competitiveness by completing new projects and expanding existing ones...