Wednesday, February 10, 2010

100 broadband stimulus applications still in play for California

Roughly 100 broadband stimulus applications connected to California are still in play for the first of the federal government's two funding windows for dispersing $7.2 billion set aside for broadband projects, according to Joe Camicia, chief of staff for the California CIO's Office.

"About 50 of those are California-only applications," Camicia said. "The other half touch California in some way, but the 50 that are all California, we think are going to provide the most jobs for Californians..."