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<div class="MsoNormal">RUS BIP NOFAs</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="bodytextblack" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
3.0pt;margin-left:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Last
Friday, May 7<sup>th</sup>, the USDA-RUS BIP announced posting of NOFAs for support
of three additional broadband funding programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="bodytextblack" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
3.0pt;margin-left:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="bodytextblack" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
3.0pt;margin-left:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.broadbandusa.gov/BIPportal/files/BIP_NOFA2_RFP.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Federal Register Notice: Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) Request for Proposals</span></a></span><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">: RUS announces the opening of a window
for requests to its new Satellite, Rural Library Broadband, and Technical
Assistance Grant Programs. Click the Apply button on the left side of this page
to view application guides, materials, and attachments for all three programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.broadbandusa.gov/BIPportal/index.htm">www.broadbandusa.gov/BIPportal/index.htm</a>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.broadbandusa.gov/BIPportal/apply.htm">www.broadbandusa.gov/BIPportal/apply.htm</a>
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