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The Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) is administered by the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and was established in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The primary goal of the Recovery Act is to provide a fiscal boost to the nation during its greatest economic crisis. Providing access to broadband services will increase economic development and improve the quality of life for all Americans. BIP
will furnish loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to
assist with addressing the challenge of rapidly expanding
the access and quality of broadband services across rural
America and to meet the objectives of the Recovery Act.
This section of the BroadbandUSA website is devoted exclusively to BIP news and information.
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An Open Letter from Rural Utilities Service Administrator Jonathan Adelstein.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 RUS has now posted a
Satellite, Rural Library and Technical Assistance
Application Directory due to the numerous requests that RUS received for this information. This directory provides a listing of the Satellite, Technical Assistance and Rural Library applications RUS received under the Second Round NOFA. |
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
RUS has sent additional
Second Review letters to a
limited number of Last Mile
applicants requesting
supplemental information to
address specific and limited
adjustments to their Round 2
BIP Infrastructure
applications. These letters
are not an indication of an
intent to award, nor are
they an indication of an
award denial. RUS will post
another notice on this
website if additional Second
Review letters are sent in
the future. |
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
RUS has sent Second Review letters to a limited number of Middle Mile applicants requesting supplemental information to address specific and limited adjustments in their NOFA II applications. These letters are not an indication of an intent to award, nor are they an indication of an award denial. If RUS proposes to send additional Second Review letters in the future, notice will be published on this website.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
To assist RUS Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) applicants during the final application days for the Satellite, Rural Library Broadband, and Technical Assistance Grant Programs, the Broadband USA Help Desk is announcing extended support hours. The Help Desk will be open Saturday June 5, and Sunday June 6, 2010 between the hours of 9am until 7pm EDT and on the deadline day of Tuesday June 8, 2010 from 7am until 9pm EDT. For any assistance with BIP or this website, please contact the Broadband USA Help Desk by phone at 1-877-508-8364 or by email at
BroadbandUSA@usda.gov.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
RUS has posted an updated version of the
Round 2 Application Directory. This directory provides a
listing of the BIP Infrastructure applications received
under NOFA 2, as well as a listing of the organizations
which filed Public Notice Responses to Round 2 BIP
Infrastructure applications. |
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More information about
the FCC's National Broadband Plan is available at
www.broadband.gov.
More information about efforts
regarding the Recovery Act is available at
www.usda.gov/recovery,
www.commerce.gov/recovery and
www.recovery.gov.
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