The $787 billion American Recovery & Reinvestment Act includes $7.2 billion in competitive broadband grants/loans to build and improve high-speed networks in underserved and unserved areas.
Tuesday March 10 @ 9am -- Briefing from U.S. Departments of Commerce and Agriculture & the FCC on the broadband stimulus.
Agenda and listening instructions: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/Agenda_090310.pdf
Tuesday March 10 @ 2pm -- Review of Illinois opportunities (Teleconference)
Working Agenda:
- Introduction - background and goals
- What we know so far - from this morning's federal agency briefing
- What we're waiting to learn
- Questions
Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration -- $4.7 billion
NTIA program in plain English
NTIA Broadband Grants Website
Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service -- $2.5 billion
RUS Program in plain English
USDA RUS Broadband Grants/Loans Website
Benton Foundation Summary of both NTIA and RUS programs
Benton's ARRA calendar http://benton.org/initiatives/tracking_legislation/stimulus_law_events
Suggest your project to the Governor's Office:
http://www.recovery.illinois.gov
Track the stimulus:
http://www.shovelwatch.org/
http://www.stimuluswatch.org/
http://www.propublica.org/feature/track-the-stimulus-decoder-ring-included
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