Feds consolidate last two broadband stimulus funding windows into one

Agencies seeking broadband stimulus money now have only one more opportunity to apply because the two remaining funding windows have been consolidated into one, according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Rural Utilities Service (RUS), the two federal agencies tasked with distributing $7.2 billion set aside in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for broadband projects.

This may surprise some, given the U.S. Government Accountability Office said the two agencies were being overwhelmed by the application process in late October...