Public Meetings:

March 10, 2009 - U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
Topic: BTOP Overview



Show March 10, 2009 Meeting Video: BTOP Overview
March 16, 2009 - U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
Topics: Private Sector Eligibility; Coordination between NTIA and RUS on Broadband Initiatives; Innovative Programs to Encourage Sustainable Adoption of Broadband Service and Expanding Public Computer Center Capacity

 

Show Session 1: Private Sector Eligibility

Show Session 2: Coordination with NTIA and RUS

Show Session 3: Innovative Programs to Encourage Sustainable Adoption of Broadband service and Expanding Public Computer Center Capacity
March 17, 2009 - Charleston Heights Center, 800 South Brush Street, Las Vegas, NV
Topics: Reaching Vulnerable Populations; Driving Demand and the Role of Strategic Institutions; Definitions of Broadband,Underserved,

 

Show Session 1: Reaching Vulnerable Populations, Driving Demand and the Role of Strategic Institutions

Show Session 2: Coordination with NTIA and RUS

Show Session 3: Innovative Programs to Encourage Sustainable Adoption of Broadband service and Expanding Public Computer Center Capacity
March 18, 2009 - High Country Conference Center (Northern Arizona University Campus) 201 West Butler Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ
Topics: Reaching Vulnerable Populations, Driving Demand and the Role of Strategic Institutions; Definitions of Broadband, Underserved, Unserved; Selection Criteria

 

Show Session 1: Reaching Vulnerable Populations, Driving Demand and the Role of Strategic Institutions

Show Session 2: Roundtable on Definitions of Broadband, Underserved, Unserved

Session 3: Innovative Programs to Encourage Sustainable Adoption of Broadband service and Expanding Public Computer Center Capacity
March 19, 2009 - U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Topics: Definition of Broadband; Definition of Underserved Areas and Reaching Vulnerable Populations; Rural and Unserved Areas

 

Show Session 1: Roundtable on Definition of Broadband

Show Session 2: Roundtable on Definition of Underserved Areas and Reaching Vulnerable Populations

Show Session 3: Roundtable on Rural and Unserved Areas
March 23, 2009 - U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Topics: Nondiscrimination and Interconnection Obligations; the Role of the States; Broadband Mapping

 

Show Session 1: Roundtable on Nondiscrimination and Interconnection Obligations

Show Session 2: Roundtable on Role of the States

Show Session 3: Roundtable on Broadband Mapping
March 24, 2009 - U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Topics: Post-Award Compliance and Oversight; Selection Criteria; Community Economic Development

 

Show Session 1: Roundtable on Post-Award Compliance and Oversight

Show Session 2: Roundtable on Selection Criteria

Show Session 3: Roundtable on Community Economic Development

To submit public comments on the BTOP program visit http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/form.cfm or send via email to btop@ntia.doc.gov.

For further information, contact Barbara Brown, NTIA at (202) 482-4374 or bbrown@ntia.doc.gov; or Mary Campanola, RUS, at (202) 720-8822 or mary.campanola@wdc.usda.gov. For media inquiries, please Mark Tolbert, (202) 482-8176 or press@ntia.doc.gov; Jay Fletcher, USDA/Rural Development, (202) 690-0498 or Jay.fletcher@wdc.usda.gov.