Broadband Funding

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Services (RUS) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will hold a series of public meetings on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and the additional authority for the RUS to make grants and loans for the deployment and construction of broadband systems.

Download additional information: www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/BTOP_Advisory_090314.pdf

Visit the NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Website for additional information: www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/

Download the PowerPoint presentation on what funding for broadband is in the recently passed stimulus legislation.