NTIA, RUS to delay announcement of broadband bid winners - 2009-10-27 16:43:14 EDT | Broadcasting & Cable

The naming of winning bidders in the broadband stimulus grant/loan program will be delayed by a month or so, according to the heads of the relevant government agencies.

The self-imposed deadline had been early November, but NTIA head Larry Strickling said Tuesday: "We're going to take a few more weeks here to get this right...I will not fund a bad application..."