Federal Agencies Split for Second Funding Window of Broadband Stimulus

The second funding window for broadband stimulus applications and two sets of revised eligibility requirements were announced Friday, Jan. 15.

Proposals are due between Feb. 16 and March 15, and awards should be announced by Sept. 30.

Applicants will need to study a new, separate notice of funds available (NOFA) for grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and a separate NOFA for money from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), the two federal agencies in charge of disbursing the $7.2 billion set aside in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for broadband projects.

By Andy Opsahl, Features Editor

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/737533

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Broadband Matchmaking

By Elizabeth Daigneau

Online matchmaking has come to government. The two agencies in charge of awarding $7.2 billion in stimulus funds to broadband projects have launched a new Web site, BroadbandMatch http://match.broadbandusa.gov/ , to bring companies, nonprofits and state and local governments together.

Full Story: http://www.governing.com/column/broadband-matchmaking