FAQs posted on Know Your Stimulus and Broadband USA

On Wednesday, July 24, the ALA Washington Office hosted a Webinar on the Broadband and Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) to assist participants in the application process. The Webinar focused on two of the three BTOP programs: Public Computing Center and Sustainable Broadband Adoption. The third program is Broadband Infrastructure.

BTOP is administered through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Broadband Incentives Program is administered through Rural Utilities Service (RUS) portion of the United States Department of Agriculture. This program provides loans for rural areas to assist in the implementation of broadband technologies...