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Broadband & Smart Grid Stimulus News
2010
Round #1 Broadband Stimulus Awards Tracker -
FINAL
4/30/2010
Final Round 1Funding: 204 awards,
$1.882B Grants, $493M Loans, $376M Private Investment, Total: $2.791B
August 18, 2010:
RUS and NTIA
Announce 94 New Broadband Awards
August 5, 2010:
HOTRUS
and NTIA Issue Timeline for Distribution of Remaining Funds
August 4, 2010:
RUS Announces 126 Broadband Stimulus Awards
July 2, 2010:
White House Announces 1st Round 2 Broadband Awards
June 10, 2010:
RUS
Highlights Impact of Round 1 Broadband Loans and Grants
April 16, 2010:
RUS Posts Applications Directory for Round 2
April 8, 2010:
NTIA Announces Continued Demand for Broadband Funding
March 16, 2010:
FCC Releases its National Plan for Broadband
March 2, 2010:
NTIA and RUS Announce Round 2 Extensions
February 23, 2010:
FCC: 93 million Americans Disconnected from BB Opportunities
February 16, 2010:
NTIA Announces New Findings on U.S. Broadband Adoption
January 25, 2010:
RUS Announces $310M in Broadband Stimulus Awards
January 20, 2010:
NTIA
Awards Broadband Grants totaling $63M
January 15, 2010:
NTIA and RUS Issue Broadband Stimulus NOFA #2
January 12, 2010:
NTIA
Issues 10 Additional Broadband Mapping Grants
2009
December 31, 2009:
NTIA
Issues 5 Additional Broadband Mapping Grants
December 22, 2009:
NTIA
Issues Broadband Mapping Grants to 15 Add'l States
December 17, 2009:
1st Broadband Grants Are Awarded
November 30, 2009:
NTIA
Issues Add'l Broadband Mapping Grants to 6 States
November 10, 2009:
NTIA and RUS to Streamline BTOP and BIP Programs
November 6, 2009:
NTIA Issues Broadband Mapping Grants
to 7 States
October 27, 2009:
DOE
Announces $3.4B in Smart Grid grant awards
October 26, 2009:
NTIA Issues Additional Broadband Mapping Grants
October 5, 2009:
NTIA Issues 1st Broadband Mapping Grants
September 9, 2009:
NTIA'S Broadband Mapping Initiative Off to Strong Start
August
27, 2009:
2,200 Applications Requesting $28B in 1st Round
August 18, 2009:
FCC Launches National Broadband Plan Blog
August 13, 2009:
Applications deadline for BIP and BTOP extended one-week
August 7, 2009:
NTIA Provides Clarification on Mapping Data Requirements
July 31, 2009:
USDA: "No change in definition of remote in the first NOFA"
July 14, 2009:
Berkman Center to Review FCC Broadband Studies
July 8, 2009:
Applications & Workshop Presentations Available
July 7, 2009:
NTIA Issues "Call for Reviewers"
July 1, 2009:
NTIA
& RUS Issue NOFA On Broadband Stimulus
June 26, 2009:
NTIA issues waiver to "Buy American" for BB Stimulus
June 25, 2009:
DOE Issues FOA for $3.9B in Smart Grid Stimulus Grants
June 22, 2009:
Special Access Reform a Must For Broadband Economy
June 16, 2009:
U.S. readies broadband stimulus details
June 16, 2009:
Will 'Buy American' Provisions Trip Up Broadband Stimulus?
June 12: 2009:
Microsoft Joining Broadband Initiative
June 12, 2009:
National Broadband: Definition Must Come Before Action
June 12, 2009:
Half
of Americans Say Broadband Must be Available to All, Government Must Not
Regulate
June 12, 2009:
Spending Stimulus Money Takes Money
June 11, 2009:
Essential Building-Blocks For Universal High-Speed Broadband
June 10, 2009:
GOA Report: Broadband Deployment Plan Should Include Performance Goals and
Measures to Guide Federal Investment
June 8, 2009:
OPASTCO Comments on National Broadband Plan
June 8, 2009:
NTCA:
Strengthened USF Vital to National Broadband Plan
June 8, 2009:
National Broadband Plan Must Promote Competition, Openness and Access
Useful Links:
Broadband USA (Stimulus website):
http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Main
Site: www.recovery.gov
RUS:
http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/index.htm
NTIA:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants
Rural Development:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/recovery.html
Benton Foundation:
http://www.benton.org
Broadband Census:
http://broadbandcensus.com
Free Press:
http://www.freepress.net
FCC:
www.fcc.gov
OPASTCO:
http://www.opastco.org/
National Telecommunications Cooperative
Association: http://www.ntca.org/
Stimulating Broadband Blog:
http://www.stimulatingbroadband.com/
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