This does not bode well for Round 2 application submissions. Sigh. ~Michelle
http://www.stimulatingbroadband.com/2009/11/deja-vu-all-over-again-federal.html
More at the link…
StimulatingBroadband.com 11/30/09 Boston – The federal online site supporting the filing of public comments for a potential revamp of the rules for the Recovery Act’s broadband stimulus program has generated delays and garbled filings throughout today, the deadline for comment period opened on November 16.
Earlier this evening, StimulatingBroadband.com inquired of the lead media relations personnel at the two agencies managing the program as to the apparent faults being generated by the electronic filing system. As of this posting, the federal employees are still working to answer our questions. We will issue updates as we receive public and attributable information from our agency contacts.
Awww, how sad. The Big Boys don’t want anyone to know how drastically they overstated how much area they actually serve in an incredibly greedy attempt to keep other companies from receiving grant money, thereby royally screwing the customers. Gee, thanks guys.~ Michelle
http://www.stimulatingbroadband.com/2009/11/breaking-news-fcc-responds-to.html
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StimulatingBroadband.com 11/27/09 Boston – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has opened a public proceeding which responds to a request for proprietary broadband commercial information made by one of the two federal agencies managing the Obama Administration’s $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program mandated by the Recovery Act.
The proceeding, and the information request which triggered it, both go to the heart of the intense debate within the U.S. telecommunications industry over the definitions of areas of the nation which are “unserved” and “underserved” by broadband networks.
I know they realize this makes things impossible for people, but still…We are losing momentum with every day that goes by! ~Michelle
http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/11/grants-will-slip-to-february-ntia-concedes-in-third-quarter-progress-report-to-congress/
By Winter Casey, Reporter, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, November 18, 2009 – In a report to Congress, the NTIA said Wednesday that it won’t conclude doling out the first round of broadband stimulus funding until February 2010.
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration clarified in its third quarterly progress report to Congress this week that it will be dolling out the entirety of the grant money during the next ten months.
The year 2010 is going to be a busy time for the period for both the NTIA and the Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities is the other agency, the two government entities charged with distributing $7.2 billion of federal funding.
“NTIA will not conclude the first round of BTOP funding at the end of 2009 as originally targeted, but is on course to do so in February 2010,” states the report (PDF).
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