Download or read book Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by Lennard G. Kruger and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an introduction to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and discusses Broadband grants and loans funded by the ARRA.
Download or read book Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by Lennard G. Kruger and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oversight of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recovery Act written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to broadband service is seen as vital to economic, social, and educational development, yet many areas of the country lack access to, or their residents do not use, broadband. To expand broadband deployment and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) provided $7.2 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information Admin. (NTIA) and the Dept. of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies must award all funds by Sept. 30, 2010. This report addresses the challenges NTIA and RUS face; steps taken to address challenges; and remaining risks in: (1) evaluating applications and awarding funds; and (2) overseeing funded projects. Illus.
Download or read book Recovery Act Preliminary Observations on the Implementation of Broadband Programs written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to broadband service is seen as vital to economic, social, and educational development, yet many areas of the country lack access to, or their residents do not use, broadband. To expand broadband deployment and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $7.2 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information Admin. (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies must award all funds by Sept. 30, 2010. This testimony provides preliminary information on the challenges NTIA and RUS face; the steps taken to address challenges; and the remaining risks in: (1) evaluating applications and awarding funds; and (2) overseeing funded projects. Illus.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to affordable broadband is seen as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life, yet its deployment in rural areas can be costly. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated funding for BIP, a USDA RUS program to fund broadband projects to provide service to end users in mostly rural areas. By 2010, RUS had awarded over $3 billion, primarily to 297 infrastructure projects, and required that projects be completed by June 2015 in approved areas. GAO was asked to review BIP's results and impact. This report addresses (1) how RUS ensures that projects are completed by the deadline and as approved and (2) the extent to which RUS provides information to show BIP's impact. GAO interviewed RUS officials, reviewed policies, and analyzed RUS project data as of March 2014. GAO also interviewed five awardees from a nongeneralizable sample of seven BIP projects selected in part based on award size and location.
Download or read book Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide written by Lennard G. Kruger and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Introduction; Status of Broadband Deployment in the U.S.; Broadband in Rural Areas; Is Broadband Deployment Data Adequate?; Broadband and the Federal Role: The National Broadband Plan; Current Federal Broadband Programs: Rural Utilities Service Programs; The Universal Service Concept and the FCC: Universal Service and the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Universal Service and Broadband; Legislation in the 110th Congress; Legislation in the 111th Congress: P.L. 111-5: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Other Broadband Legislation in the 111th Congress; Legislation in the 112th Congress; Concluding Observations. Tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.
Download or read book Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by United States Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oversight of the broadband stimulus programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, October 27, 2009.
Download or read book Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oversight of the broadband stimulus programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, October 27, 2009.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Access to affordable broadband service is seen as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life, yet residents in many areas of the country lack access to or do not use broadband. To extend broadband access and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) provided over $7 billion to NTIA and RUS for grants or loans to support broadband projects. NTIA and RUS made all awards by September 30, 2010.This report responds to mandates under the Recovery Act for GAO to examine the use of Recovery Act funds and report on the quarterly estimates of jobs funded. This report addresses (1) the progress of broadband projects, (2) their effect on expanding access to and adoption of broadband, and (3) any challenges awardees face in completing projects and agency actions to address these challenges. GAO analyzed program documentation and data and interviewed agency officials and BTOP and BIP awardees."
Download or read book Recovery Act written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to broadband service is seen as vital to economic, social, and educational development, yet many areas of the country lack access to, or their residents do not use, broadband. To expand broadband deployment and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) provided $7.2 billion to the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies must award all funds by September 30, 2010. This report addresses the challenges NTIA and RUS face; steps taken to address challenges; and remaining risks in (1) evaluating applications and awarding funds and (2) overseeing funded projects. GAO reviewed relevant laws and program documents and interviewed agency officials and industry stakeholders. The Secretaries of Commerce and Agriculture should ensure sufficient time to review applications in the second funding round, develop contingency plans
Download or read book Recovery Act written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to broadband service is seen as vital to economic, social, and educational development, yet many areas of the country lack access to, or their residents do not use, broadband. To expand broadband deployment and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) provided $7.2 billion to the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies must award all funds by September 30, 2010. This report addresses the challenges NTIA and RUS face; steps taken to address challenges; and remaining risks in (1) evaluating applications and awarding funds and (2) overseeing funded projects. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed relevant laws and program documents and interviewed agency officials and industry stakeholders.
Download or read book Political Influence Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by Janice Alane Hauge and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We analyze the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, which was part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), to determine the extent to which political influence affected implementation of the program. While other studies analyze the ARRA in totality, we focus on a specific program within the ARRA, the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, or BTOP, to more clearly distinguish potential political influence. The stated goal of BTOP was to expand broadband access and adoption nationwide, with particular emphasis on improving broadband participation among unserved and underserved populations such as minorities, low-income households, and those living in rural areas. Results show that both Congress and the Executive branch influenced implementation of the program despite independent participation in applications for grants and in the review of such applications. We find that while the application process appears to have been impartial and successful with respect to reaching intended groups, significant political influence over funding occurred, with programs more likely to be funded if submitted under a Democrat governor, from a state with a Democrat voting majority, or from a county with representative on a key Congressional committee. Our results support prior assertions that ARRA funds were misallocated due to the political influence of the executive and legislative branches of government.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Access to affordable broadband service is seen as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life. To extend broadband access and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) provided $7.2 billion to the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies are awarding funds in two rounds and must obligate all funds by September 30, 2010.This report addresses the results of the first broadband stimulus funding round, the extent to which NTIA's and RUS's application reviews substantiated application information, the challenges facing NTIA and RUS in awarding the remaining funds, and actions taken to oversee grant and loan recipients. GAO analyzed program documentation, reviewed a judgmentally-selected sample of applications from first round award recipients, and interviewed agency officials and industry stakeholders. "
Download or read book Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Broadband Infrastructure in the 21st Century written by Chad Stephen Foster and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2001, the Federal government has invested approximately $10 billion to expand broadband infrastructure throughout the nation, including various loan programs and grants authorized through Farm Bills and, more recently, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Kruger, 2012). These investments dwarf capital investments made by the top telecommunications and cable companies estimated at $50 billion per year (Federal Communications Commission [FCC], 2010, p. 18). While the rage on all levels has been connecting residents, few studies have attempted to measure investments in broadband infrastructure to demonstrate positive outcomes or improvements, especially from a wide variety of economic and social indicators. This project was implemented to explore the importance of broadband infrastructure to communities in the post-industrial, digitization era or the period defined by Daniel Bell (1998) as the "third technological revolution" (pp. 96-115). Using an economic utilitarian approach, the investigator investigated the relationships between broadband infrastructure and commonly accepted economic indicators. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used for collecting and analyzing data relating to the broadband infrastructure, economic growth, and social characteristics of counties-the primary unit of measurement in this study. Specifically, the investigator analyzed relationships using ordinary least squares linear regression analysis at the aggregate level, and qualitative comparative analysis using a sample of counties. The results from this study suggest that some direct effects may exist between broadband and select economic growth indicators. However, broadband more likely provides an interaction effect on economic growth across all industry sectors through variables representing human capital (e.g., educational attainment, worker skills and training), household income and community earnings levels, and industry diversity. There is also a strong relationship between broadband infrastructure and urban influence, which is consistently significant at explaining growth indicators. However, the exact nature of the interaction between broadband and urban influence remains unknown. Based on both the quantitative and qualitative results, there is evidence that broadband infrastructure and being "wired" does come with benefits at the community level and support economic growth. This study provided empirical data to support these relationships at the local scale in the United States.
