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ARRA Background Information
In early 2009, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to help stimulate job growth across the country. Among many other important initiatives the ARRA marked 7.2 billion dollars to be made available nationally for improving access to, and use of, broadband services. The $7.2 billion would be divided further between the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunication Information Agency (NTIA). RUS would receive $2.5 billion to fund its current distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband loan and grant program. While the NTIA would receive $4.7 billion to fund a new broadband technologies opportunity program, which would consist of competitive grants.
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August 14, 2009
-Submission of Applications for First Notice
Spring 2010
-Submission of Applications for Second Notice Expected to Occur
September 30, 2010
-Submission of Applications for Third Notice Expected to be Completed
*Timeline based on information as of August 09, subject to change as additional information is received
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