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Yesterday’s blog focused on the broadband grant process at the Department of Commerce’s NTIA program. Today we take a look at the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) p…

At today's meeting to discuss the national broadband initiative, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Commerce sent out a call for public feedback . They will be …

Today marked the beginning of the race for broadband grant funding. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic stimulus package, provides for a national broadband initiative.  Thre…

If you are interested in learning more about how the individual federal departments and agencies will be using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal governme…

The Department of Commerce recently announced that they will begin meeting with those interested in discussing broadband grant opportunities on March 2, 2009.  Specifically, the Department’s …

I did not think both the House and Senate would be able to pass such a large, complicated piece of legislation in time for their President's Day deadline, but I was wrong. This afternoo…

Over the past couple of weeks, details and funding levels have changed as the stimulus package made its way through Congress. But as of yesterday, the House and Senate had agreed on a somewhat sc…

Washington, DC- Late Friday, a few moderate Republicans joined Democrats in saying they would help pass a stimulus bill soon. It is now expected that the Senate will finish amendment work and vo…

BUDGET REPORTS 01/23/2009 Washington, DC-  After the excitement of the Inauguration, the House of Representatives is busily working on the economic stimulus package.  Majority Leader Ste…

This morning House Democrats unveiled their economic stimulus plan, which they are referring to as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The $825 billion package includes $550 billion in n…