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NTIA

Definitions and Broadband Measures Must Evolve, Account for On-the-Ground Realities

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2009 – Debate about the broadband divide in America resurfaced at a Thursday afternoon public roundtable about how the federal government should spend $7.2 billion in broadband.

FCC

Definition of Broadband Could Pit Rural Versus Urban, Market Forces Against Public Interest

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2009 – Experts and citizens split words at the NTIA/RUS Thursday morning public roundtable seeking to define broadband – an essential element to determine what projects receive federal funding under stimulus spending.

RUS

Arizona Broadband Forum Probes 20 Percent Match to Obtain Federal Funds

March 20, 2009 – At the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Rural Utilities Services’ Wednesday joint public meeting in Flagstaff, Ariz., tension surfaced over how much of the money for local broadband projects should come from the federal government.

NTCA

Rural Carriers Want First Crack at Rural Customers

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2009 – The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association is fine with stimulus dollars targeting rural areas first. But the bigger question to them is: Who will do the targeting?

Arizona

In Arizona, Urging Broadband Stimulus Spending For the Benefit of All

March 19, 2009 – Arizonans and native Americans at a public forum in Flagstaff, Ariz., urged a broadband buildout that puts connectivity of disadvantaged groups at the heart of the federal stimulus spending.

NTIA

Panelists at Las Vegas Broadband Forum Seek Local 'Skin in the Game'

March 19, 2009 – A leading official at the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration pled with panelists in Las Vegas as he urged them to provide constructive selection criteria for the agency’s evaluation of broadband grant applicants.

FCC

NCTA White Paper: Focus Broadband Stimulus Funds on Unserved and Adoption

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2009 – A White Paper released Tuesday by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association recommends broadband stimulus grants prioritize built-out to remote, unserved areas. Remaining monies should be used to fund programs to promote and encourage use of broadband service

NTIA

Bridging the Digital Divide by Ensuring Broadband on Indian Tribal Lands

March 18, 2009 – The digital divide between America’s well-to-do regions and its rural and tribal countryside were on display in the first panel of the federal government’s Tuesday public meeting, in Las Vegas, on spending the broadband stimulus.

FCC

Definition of Innovative Programs at Issue at NTIA Roundtable

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2009 – Broadband adoption is widely viewed as spurring innovation, but $7.2 billion had stakeholders gathered at Monday’s public meeting on broadband funding to offer comments on what sort of “innovative programs” could make best use of the funding.

USDA

Coordination Between NTIA and RUS Spurs Talk of Common Broadband Application

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2009 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Utilities Service should keep the application process for broadband stimulus dollars as simple as possible, a group of panelists said on Monday.

New America

At Monday's NTIA/RUS Open Meeting, A Debate About Eligibility for Funds

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2009 – The detailed-oriented open meetings to consider the structure for deploying the federal government’s $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funds began on Monday morning with five presentations about which sorts of private-sector entities should be eligible for the grants.

Breakfast Club

States Seek Best Strategies on Obtaining Broadband Stimulus Funds Close-to-Home

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2009 – As the Obama administration on Monday begins poring over the nitty-gritty details about how they will be spending $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funds, individual states are grappling to find their own best strategies to tap the funds.

states

Logged On and Not Locked Out, at Internet for Everyone Event in North Carolina

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, March 14, 2009 – More than 120 people from across North Carolina convened last Saturday here for a “town hall”-style meeting, by InternetforEveryone.org, seeking to raise the profile about the importance of broadband in the lives of everyday citizens. The next town hall is Ma

NARUC

NTIA, RUS Going 'On Tour' – Stimulus Meeting Times and Agenda Announced

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2009 – After filling multiple overflow rooms at Tuesday’s broadband stimulus kickoff event, the Rural Utilities Services and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced Friday they would hold six additional public meetings on the broadband stimulus.

FCC

Upcoming Webinar on Navigating the $7.2 Billion Broadband Stimulus

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2009 – BroadbandCensus.com and CCMI have teamed up to offer a free public webinar on tapping into the $7.2 Billion Broadband Stimulus on March 19, at 2 p.m. ET, aimed at both incumbent service providers and new market entrants.