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About BTOPFunded at $4.7 billion, BTOP provides grants to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, to enhance broadband capacity at public computer centers, and to encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service. Through this support, BTOP will also advance the Recovery Act’s objectives to spur job creation and stimulate long-term economic growth and opportunity.For more information: Press Releases, Federal Register Notices, Congressional Testimony, Project Information National Broadband Mapping Program: In addition, the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program is a competitive, merit-based matching grant program that implements the joint purposes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Broadband Data Improvement Act. For more information, click here.See also Broadband USA - The portal to apply for broadband funding What's New?
Workshop Videos: Press Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces $5.9 Million Investment to Increase Broadband Access in South Carolina: Recovery Act grant will expand public computer centers and labs in state’s largest higher education system. (PDF Print Version 39Kb)
Press Release: Commerce Awards $1.2 Million Recovery Act Grant to Expand Broadband Internet Access in Rhode Island: Grant will expand broadband Internet access at Rhode Island’s 71 public libraries across the state. (PDF Print Version 148Kb)
Fact Sheet: Notice of Funds Availability for Second Round: NTIA announced a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) and solicitation of applications on January 15, 2010, describing the availability of funds and application requirements for the second round of funding for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). NTIA has made a number of changes to BTOP for the second round of funding to increase efficiency, sharpen BTOP’s
funding focus, and improve the applicant experience.
(Print version PDF 191 KB) Press Release: Commerce Awards Recovery Act Broadband Expansion Grants Totaling $63 Million: NTIA announced grants totaling $63 million to expand broadband access and adoption in Massachusetts, Michigan and North Carolina. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) provides grants to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, enhance and expand public computer centers, and encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service. (Print version PDF 115KB)
• Press Release: NTIA and USDA’s RUS Announce Availability of $4.8 Billion in Recovery Act Funding to Bring Broadband to More Americans. (PDF Print Version 108Kb) Press Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces $7.5 Million Investment to Increase Broadband Access in Los Angeles: Funding to Upgrade and Expand Computer Centers in Most Vulnerable Communities Press Release: NTIA and RUS Announce Online Tool for Prospective Broadband Stimulus Applicants: NTIA and RUS announced the launch of BroadbandMatch, a new online tool to facilitate partnerships among prospective applicants to the agencies’ broadband grant and loan programs. BroadbandMatch allows potential applicants to find partners for broadband projects, helping them to combine expertise and create stronger proposals. (Print version Acrobat PDF 118 KB) 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. 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. (PDF 91 Kb) NTIA's 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. 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. (PDF 66 Kb) Congressional Testimony: Hearing on the Recovery Act and Broadband: Evaluation of
Broadband Investments on Small Businesses and Job Creation: Testimony of Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA, before the Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives. (PDF 108 Kb) Congressional Testimony: Hearing on Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Testimony of Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA, before the Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, United States Senate. (PDF 92 Kb) Congressional Testimony: Hearing on Oversight of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Broadband, Part 2: Testimony of Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet. (PDF 46 Kb) Press
Release: Commerce and Agriculture Announce Strong Demand for First Round of Funding to Bring Broadband, Jobs to More Americans: Nearly 2,200 Diverse Applications Submitted for Share of $4 Billion in Funding to Expand Broadband Access and Adoption. (PDF 98 Kb) Please send news media inquiries to press@ntia.doc.gov. |
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