As you are probably aware, the FCC has been moving fast to gather information on a number of relevant issues ahead of its February 2010 congressionally mandated deadline for a National Broadband Plan. Here is a quick timeline of the upcoming Comments that the FCC is requesting. These are proceedings that it is important for local government to be involved in.
October 28, 2009 -- COMMENTS DUE ON COST ESTIMATES FOR CONNECTING ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS TO FIBER
Notice is available here.
November 4, 2009 - Comments due on Impact of Middle and Second Mile Access on Broadband Availability and Deployment
Notice is available here.
November 6, 2009 – COMMENTS DUE ON the Contribution of Federal, State, Tribal, and Local Government to Broadband.
Notice is available here.
In addition to these actions at the FCC, we anticipate that NTIA will soon release a Notice of Inquiry on how to improve the second Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) on the BTOP program.
NATOA is currently finalizing our plan to best represent the interests of local government as the NBP is being developed and we will be in contact shortly with the steps we plan to take and how every member can help!
If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact me at mjohnson@natoa.org.
Matt Johnson
NATOA Legal Fellow
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