NTIA, RUS: Only one more round of broadband stimulus funding - 2009-11-10 12:54:06 EST | Broadcasting & Cable

There will be only one more round of broadband stimulus funding, the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced Tuesday after signaling to Congress that they were planning to go from the planned three rounds to two.

In addition, the agencies put out a request for public comment on how to improve that second round of bidding for approximately $3.2 billion in funds to spur broadband deployment and create jobs...