[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: NTIA Fed Reg Notice Broadband Grant Programs Meeting March 2
Marianne Granoff
granoff at zianet.com
Thu Feb 26 12:48:02 PST 2009
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>Fed Reg Vol 74 No 35 Feb. 24 2009
>
>DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
>National Telecommunications and Information
>Administration Notice: Broadband Grant Programs Meetings
>
>AGENCY: National Telecommunications and
>Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
>
>ACTION: Notice of meetings.
>
>SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and
>Information Administration (NTIA) will begin
>holding meetings with interested parties on
>Monday, March 2, 2009, in connection with the
>broadband grant programs described in the
>Broadband Data Services Improvement Act and the
>American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
>(collectively, ââBroadband Grant
>Programsââ). All interested parties are invited to schedule a meeting.
>
>DATES: Meetings will be scheduled beginning
>March 2, 2009, and will continue until further notice.
>
>ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the U.S.
>Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and
>Information Administration, 1401 Constitution
>Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. (Please enter at
>14th Street.) Room numbers will be provided to
>interested parties when meetings are scheduled.
>The disability accessible entrance is located at
>the 14th Street Aquarium Entrance.
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To schedule a
>meeting, contact Barbara Brown at (202) 4824374 or
>bbrown at ntia.doc.gov.
>
>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NTIA is scheduling
>meetings to afford interested parties the
>opportunity to discuss implementation of the
>Broadband Grant Programs as described in the
>Broadband Data Services Improvement Act and the
>American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
>The Broadband Data Services Improvement Act was enacted
>in October 2008 and directs the Secretary of
>Commerce to award grants to eligible entities on
>a competitive basis to assess, identify and
>track broadband service deployment in each
>State. The American Recovery and Reinvestment
>Act of 2009 was enacted in February 2009 and
>directs NTIA to establish the ââBroadband
>Technology Opportunities Programââ to make
>grants available on a competitive basis to
>accelerate and expand broadband deployment.
>Information about the Broadband Grant Programs
>will be made available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
>broadbandgrants.
>
>Each meeting will be considered an ex parte
>presentation, and the substance of the meeting
>will be placed on the public record. No later
>than two (2) days after a meeting, an interested
>party must submit a memorandum to NTIA which
>summarizes the substance of the meeting. Any
>written presentations provided at the meeting
>will also be placed on the public record. NTIA
>reserves the right to hold individual or group
>meetings, depending on the number of meeting
>requests received. Group meetings may be
>transcribed and/ or streamed to the Web and placed on the public record.
>
>Attendance at the meetings is limited to space
>available. Meetings will be physically
>accessible to people with disabilities.
>Individuals requesting accommodations, such as
>sign language interpretation or other ancillary
>aids, are asked to indicate this to Barbara
>Brown at least two (2) days prior to each
>meeting. Interested parties will have an
>opportunity to ask questions at the meetings.
>Individuals who would like to submit questions
>in writing should email their questions to
>Barbara Brown at BBrown at ntia.doc.gov at least 24
>hours in advance of the meeting.
>Dated: February 19, 2009.
>
>
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