Washington DC - March 5 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of 22 broadband infrastructure projects to give rural residents in 18 states or territories access to improved economic and educational opportunities, attracting new businesses and jobs.

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hington DC - March 3 - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced 23 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments to lay the groundwork to bring high-speed Internet access to millions of households and businesses, increasing broadband access and adoption.

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Washington DC - February 26 - Chairman Julius Genachowski of the Federal Communications Commission highlighted some of the working recommendations related to public safety and homeland security that will be addressed in the National Broadband Plan.

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Washington DC - February 24 - the Federal Communications Commission released its National Broadband Plan Consumer Survey, Broadband Adoption and Use in America, which found that affordability and lack of digital skills are the main reasons why 93 million Americans - one-third of the country - are not connected to high-speed Internet at home.

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Washington DC - February 19 - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced 10 Recovery Act investments to bring high-speed Internet access to millions of households and businesses, and link up thousands of schools, hospitals, libraries and public safety offices to the information superhighway.

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Washington DC - January 26- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of fourteen Recovery Act Broadband Infrastructure projects that will receive $309,923,352 through funding made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help bring broadband services to rural un-served and underserved communities.

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Washington DC - January 19 - The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and USDA’s Rural Utilities Service announced availability of $4.8 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants and loans to expand broadband access and adoption in America.

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Washington DC - January 11 - The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service announced the launch of BroadbandMatch, a new online tool to facilitate partnerships among prospective applicants to the agencies’ broadband grant and loan programs.

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Washington DC - December 22 - FCC Chairman Julius Genachoski addressed the importance of the availability of broadband access nationwide to assist small businesses whose revenues are increasingly linked to online activity.

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Washington DC - December 17 - Vice President Biden will kick off over $2 billion in Recovery Act grants and loans to bring broadband to communities that currently have little or no access to the technology. An initial $182 million investment in eighteen broadband projects benefiting seventeen states has already been matched by over $46 million in private capital.

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Washington DC - December 7 - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a paper on The Impact of Broadband on People with Disabilities, as part of its series of studies detailing the benefits of broadband technology.

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Washington DC - December 1 - The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, and Missouri under NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.

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Washington DC -November 20- Congressman Mike McIntyre, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture, held a hearing to review the progress made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce to award grants to expand broadband access in rural areas.

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Washington DC - November 16 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of 22 projects in 10 states to receive $13.4 million in broadband community connect grant funds.

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Washington DC - November 11 - The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced they are streamlining the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s broadband grant and loan programs to increase efficiency and better accommodate applicants.

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