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font-weight:bold'>July 22, 2009</span></font></b><font color=black
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color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>An Overview of the State Broadband Data and Development
Grant Program</span></font></b><font color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'> <br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">WASHINGTON</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place> - Today, the New America Foundation's
Open Technology Initiative released an application guide for the National
Telecommunication and Information Association's (NTIA) State Broadband Data
and Development grant program.<br>
<br>
The Open Technology Initiative's application guide simplifies the NTIA's
July 1st Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and makes the grant program
more accessible to states and organizations interested in applying for
stimulus funding. As an introduction to the NOFA, this report breaks down
the application process, lists the required documents and key information,
and explains the technical data that awardees of the grant will be
responsible for collecting.<br>
<br>
"We have received an incredibly positive response to our four application
guides for other NTIA and RUS grant opportunities and we wanted to ensure
that easy-to-digest information is available for this grant program as
well," explained James Losey, program associate for the Open
Technology Initiative. "There is a growing consensus about the need
for substantial broadband data to be made publicly accessible and a
national broadband map is an important first step towards this goal."<br>
<br>
The Introduction to the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program
is available for download from the Open Technology Initiative website at <br>
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<br>
Application guides for other NTIA and RUS grant opportunities, as well
strategic guidance regarding BTOP infrastructure funding, are available at
the following links:<br>
<br>
Summary, Concerns, and Strategic Guidance Regarding Notice of Funds
Availability for BTOP<br>
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Broadband Infrastructure: BIP Application Guide<br>
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Broadband Infrastructure: BTOP Application Guide<br>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Public</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Computer</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Application Guide<br>
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Sustainable Broadband Adoption Application Guide<br>
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Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests
in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges
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