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Press Release: NTIA Awards 15 Grants for Broadband Mapping and Planning: NTIA announced that it has awarded 15 grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee under NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. The program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will increase broadband access and adoption through better data collection and broadband planning. (Print version Acrobat PDF 106 KB)
Posted December 22, 2009

White House Press Release: Vice President Biden Kicks Off $7.2 Billion Recovery Act Broadband Program: Joined by Governor Perdue, Vice President Announces an Initial $183 Million in Awards to Expand Broadband Access in Seventeen States.
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Posted 12-17-2009

Public Comments: NTIA Comments on National Broadband Plan (PDF 709KB): NTIA filed a letter addressing the public safety, homeland security and cybersecurity elements of the National Broadband Plan being drafted by the FCC. NTIA also submitted a supplementary White Paper entitled “Executive Branch Views on Public Safety, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Elements of a National Broadband Plan.”  (PDF 595 KB)
Posted 12-11-2009

Federal Register Notice: Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee Meeting: NTIA published a notice announcing a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information on spectrum policy matters. The meeting will be held on December 9, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. in the Secretary’s Conference Room, HCHB 5363. (PDF 46 Kb)
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 32 Kb)
Updated December 8, 2009

Federal Register Notice: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) grants for fiscal year 2010: NTIA announces the solicitation of applications for planning and construction grants for public telecommunications facilities under the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) for fiscal year (FY) 2010. (PDF 57 Kb)
December 2, 2009

Press Release: NTIA Awards Grants for Broadband Mapping and Planning: NTIA announced that it has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, and Missouri under NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. The program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will increase broadband access and adoption through better data collection and broadband planning. The data will be displayed in NTIA’s national broadband map, a tool that will inform policymakers' efforts and provide consumers with improved information on the broadband Internet services available to them. (Print version Acrobat PDF 91 KB)
November 30, 2009

Congressional Testimony: Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Testimony of Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA, before the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture United States House of Representatives. (Print version Acrobat PDF 91 Kb)
November 19, 2009

NTIA Submits Third Quarterly Status Report to Congress: NTIA submitted the third quarterly status report on the Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program (BTOP) to Congress on November 16, 2009. (Adobe PDF 229 Kb)
November 18, 2009

Federal Register Notice: Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Joint Request for Information: RUS and NTIA released a joint Request for Information (RFI) seeking comment on further implementation of the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) and the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Comments must be received by November 30, 2009. The input the agencies expect to receive from this process is intended to inform the second round of funding. (Adobe PDF 66 Kb)
- Press Release: NTIA and RUS Streamline Programs to Bring Broadband, Jobs to More Americans: Agencies Plan to Consolidate Final Two Funding Rounds, Seek Comment on Program Enhancements (Print Version Adobe PDF 108 Kb)
November 10, 2009

Public Comments: NTIA Comments on Requests for Waiver of the FCC's Rules in the 700 MHz Band: NTIA filed comments on requests for waiver of the FCC’s rules in PS Docket No. 06-229, Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band. (Adobe PDF 139 Kb)
Posted 11-09-2009

Press Release: NTIA Awards Grants for Broadband Mapping and Planning: NTIA announced that it has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming under NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. The program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will increase broadband access and adoption through better data collection and broadband planning. (Print version Acrobat PDF 91 KB)
November 6, 2009

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Non-Federal License Applications Being Coordinated with NTIA: Non-federal users can now check the status of their spectrum applications going through coordination with NTIA/IRAC (those for federal/non-federal shared bands). Where NTIA/IRAC has completed its response, the applicant should contact the FCC regarding any further action that may be required concerning the NTIA/IRAC response.

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