<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div></div><div><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="bodyTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; height: 1395px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 912px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody></tbody></table></div>The USDA has announced its latest funding for Rural Broadband and <div>Telecommunications Infrastructure.<div><a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/10/0234.xml">http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/10/0234.xml</a></div><div><br></div><div>The list of grants and loans is at:</div><div><a href="http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/SupportDocuments/rdTelecomOct2014.pdf">http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/SupportDocuments/rdTelecomOct2014.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Albuquerque Public Schools is the only New Mexico grantee, to receive a</div><div>$65,000 Public Television Digital Transition Grant to replace analog equipment </div><div>with a low-power digital translator.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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