Date |
Correspondence Details |
Related Documents |
| November 19, 2009 |
Letter from Justin Rodriguez, Intergovernmental Relations Council Committee, San Antonio, TX, to John Morabito. |
(PDF) |
| November 5, 2009 |
NTIA participated in a meeting with FiberTower and Dutko Worldwide to discuss policy issues to be addressed in the second round of BTOP funding. |
Summary (PDF) |
| September 24, 2009 |
Letter from Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling. |
(PDF) |
| September 23, 2009 |
NTIA participated in a meeting of various consumer and public interest organizations to provide an update on the BTOP program. |
Summary (PDF) |
| September 22, 2009 |
Representatives of NATOA discussed potential rule revisions for
the second round of funding under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. |
Summary (PDF) |
| September 18, 2009 |
NTIA met with representatives of the American Library Association and National LamdaRail. The discussion centered on the second round of funding under BTOP, specifically with respect to potential rule changes. |
Summary (PDF) |
| September 17, 2009 |
US Conference of Mayors' letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke -- Urging "careful attention to reconsidering the restrictive criteria that requires public safety and anchor institutions meet an underserved or unserved test before being eligible for broadband funding in the first round of the Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program (BTOP)..." |
(PDF) |
| September 17, 2009 |
NTlA met with CEO and others from British Telecom (BT) to discuss NTIA's policy priorities on open access (in particular "special access") and competitive supply in U.S. broadband markets, as well as to discuss the UK's Digital Britain broadband plan. |
Summary (PDF) |
| September 8, 2009 |
Letter from Providence Mayor David Cicilline to Secretary Gary Locke. |
(PDF) |
| September 8, 2009 |
Letter from the Sandoval County Administrative Offices to Secretary Gary Locke and Secretary Tom Vilsack. |
(PDF) |
| September 2, 2009 |
Letter from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Secretary Gary Locke. |
(PDF) |
| September 1, 2009 |
Letter from Sonoma County Public Safety Commission Joint Powers Authority to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke – urging change to the grant guidelines/requirements for the Recovery Act Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) for the next round of funding.
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(PDF) |
| August 11, 2009 |
Letter from Hawaii State Legislature to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling, NTIA, "endorsing the recommendations made by the Schools, Health and Libraries Coalition...; and encourage the NTIA to issue an addendum to its NOFA and application deadlines regarding the importance of service to state anchor institutions." |
(PDF) |
| August 10, 2009 |
Letter from Commissioner Paul J. Coscgrave, NYC Information Technology & Telecommuncations, to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling. |
(PDF) |
| August 6, 2009 |
The undersigned associations and three largest providers of broadband
service, remain committed to helping NTIA complete the important and difficult task of mapping
broadband availability and believe that the modifications suggested above will improve and
expedite these efforts. While we have expressed other concerns, we have limited this proposal to
those that we are most confident will in no way detract from achieving NTIA’s goals. If the
agency is willing to implement these modifications, we would commit to encouraging the full
cooperation of our companies and member companies in providing data to the state mapping
awardees. |
(PDF) |
| August 4, 2009 |
The participants discussed the following issues in the context of the broadband mapping Notice of Funds Availability: granularity of data reporting requirements with respect to broadband availability, speed, and infrastructure; and the scope of public disclosure of data collected from broadband providers. |
Summary (PDF) |
| August 3, 2009 |
Letter from the Chatman County Board of Commissioners, to David J. Villano, Rural Utilities Service, requesting that the challenges rural areas face in meeting the BIP or BTOP requirements are considered in any subsequent rounds of funding.
|
(PDF) |
| July 31, 2009 |
The participants discussed the type, specificity, and use of broadband data that NTIA seeks to collect via the broadband mapping Notice of Funds Availability. |
Summary (PDF) |
| July 29, 2009 |
JANCO Partners Inc. Objection to "Sale or Lease of Project Assets" Provision in
Notice of Funds Availability Issued July 2,2009 |
EMail (PDF) |
| July 29, 2009 |
Participants at the meeting discussed the following aspects of the broadband mapping NOFA: confidentiality of data, granularity of address-level broadband availability data requirements; reporting of braodband infrastructure deployment; report of provider revenue data; reporting of actual broadband speeds; and reporting or wireless frequency bands used by providers. |
Summary (PDF) |
| July 24, 2009 |
Letter from the Board of Officers and membership of the Association of
Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling. |
(PDF)
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| July 23, 2009 |
Letter from American Library Association to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling. |
(PDF)
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| July 22, 2009 |
Fred Humphries, Managing Director of Federal Government Affairs, and Paul Boyd, Regulatory Counsel, expressed Microsoft's support of BTOP funding for libraries and other anchor institutions. We also discussed the tentative timeline for the second and third BTOP application windows and the process by which NTIA might seek additional public comment concerning the program. |
Summary (PDF)
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| July 20, 2009 |
Letter from US Telecom to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling. |
(PDF)
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| July 16, 2009 |
Letter from Media and Democracy Coalition to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling. |
(PDF)
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| July 14, 2009 |
Letter from Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition to Larry Strickling requesting that NTIA issue an addendum to the NOFA and to the application guidelines recognizing the importance of service to anchor institutions and
reflecting the points noted in the letter. |
(PDF)
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| July 14, 2009 |
Letter from Broadband Opportunity Coalition to Secretary Gary Locke and Secretary Tom Vilsack. |
(PDF)
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| July 2, 2009 |
Letter from President of 360 Networks to Secretary Gary Locke. |
(PDF)
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| June 22, 2009 |
Letter from Infinera Corporation discussing the "Buy American" provision. |
(PDF)
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