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Federal Register Notice: Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Joint Request for Information.
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For
details on the definitions and requirements of the BIP and
BTOP programs, please refer to the
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Broadband
Initiatives Program and Broadband Technology Opportunities
Program.
(HTML version of NOFA)
For
details on the definitions and requirements of the State
Broadband Data and Development programs, please refer to the
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the State
Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.
For information on additional measures taken by RUS and
NTIA to ensure
that all pending electronic applications can be submitted
by the
extended application deadline,
see
Federal Register
notice.
For details on the National Environmental Policy Act-Categorical Exclusions covering the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP), please refer to the July 9th
Federal Register Notice.
For details on the "Buy American" waiver for the
NTIA
broadband initiative, please refer to the July 1
Federal Register notice.
For details on the "Buy American" waiver for the RUS
Broadband Initiatives Program, please refer to the July
1
Federal Register notice
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Applicants applying under the RUS Broadband Initiatives
Program (BIP) are not required to purchase materials
that are listed on the "RUS LIST OF MATERIALS Acceptable
for Use on Systems of USDA Rural Development
Telecommunications Borrowers - IP 344-2"; however, RUS
strongly recommends that applicants utilize this list.
For details on the PRA notice for
the NTIA broadband initiative, please refer to the
July 16, 2009 Federal
Register notice.
Applicants interested in reviewing the terms and
conditions for accepting a loan/grant award under
the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Broadband
Initiatives Program (BIP) should
refer to the Loan/Grant and Security Agreement (Draft).
Applicants should review these terms and conditions
to ensure they can enter into a contract with RUS. Applicants cannot modify
this agreement, and must not submit a copy of this
agreement as part of its application materials.
Should RUS award an Applicant with a loan/grant, RUS
will transmit the Loan/Grant documents to Applicants
at the appropriate time.
Form CD-450, U.S. Department of Commerce Financial
Assistance Award
Department of Commerce Financial Assistance Standard
Terms and Conditions
Department of Commerce American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act Award Terms
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