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GAO-09-907R 1 (2009-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwxt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A 0 .,!! = Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318443 July 29, 2009 The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman The Honorable Joe L. Barton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, and Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration: Broadband Initiatives Program and Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, entitled Broadband Initiatives Program and Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (agencies), entitled Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (RINs: 0572-ZA01; 0660-ZA28). We received the rule from the Department of Commerce on July 9, 2009. It was published in the Federal Register as a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) and solicitation of applications on July 9, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 33,104. On July 15, 2009, we received the rule from the Department of Agriculture. The notice announces general policy and application procedures for broadband initiatives established pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In the notice, the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service establishes the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) which may extend loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. In the notice, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) establishes the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), which makes available grants for deploying broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas in the United States, GAO-09-907R

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