WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – By June 30, the NTIA intends to hire an outside contractor to help administer its broadband grants program, release rules for...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 - Broadband stimulus funds from the Commerce Department will begin flowing in either October or in December, according to either an NTIA...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 - Broadband policy is becoming central to a host of debates concurrently occurring: it’s about national infrastructure, the use of wireless frequencies,...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The United States desperately needs a national broadband strategy, agreed a wide range of telecommunications experts, speaking last week at a...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The federal government’s Commerce Department is at least one month off from finalizing the rules that will govern the broadband stimulus...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 - The broadband stimulus program of the federal government needs a concrete and transparent mechanism for sifting through applications, and for determining...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 11, 2009 – The debate around the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act placed a strong focus on “shovel ready” projects, including the...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 – Over the course of about three months, the dialogue about high-speed internet connectivity went from the general to the specific. Now...
The Rural Utilities Service last week released rules for its Community Connect grant program. While not a part of the recently-passed federal broadband stimulus, a RUS...