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 AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACTBROADBAND PROGRAMS SNAPSHOT
© V10 Partners, Inc. -February 2009 –
version 1.1
 
2 PROGRAMS -$7.2B
1.
NTIA -Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
 ─ 
$4.7 Billion
–The
“NTIA”
Program
 ─ 
 Administered by National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(link)
 ─ 
 Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
(link)
 ─ 
In consultation with Federal Communications Commission
(link)
2.
Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program
 ─ 
$2.5 Billion
(broadband portion) –The
“RUS”
Program
 ─ 
 Administered by the USDA Rural Utilities Service
(link)
 ─ 
Rural Development Telecommunications Program (includes broadband)
(link)
 
NTIA SUMMARY 
NEW program
 ─ 
Earlier Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) as a template?
(LINK)
Grantsfor National Broadband Service Development &Expansion
 ─ 
Provide broadband service in
unserved
areas
 ─ 
Provide improved access to broadband service in
underserved
areas
 ─ 
Provide broadband
education, training, access, equipment, support
to:
►
schools, libraries, medical, higher-ed, etc.
►
organizations/agencies that facilitate low-income, unemployed, aged, vulnerable
►
 job-creating facilities within designated economic-dev zones
►
improve access & broadband use by public safety agencies
►
stimulate demand for broadband, economic growth, job creation
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