NTIA: first round of broadband stimulus funds to be awarded in early November

Communities and organizations seeking a slice of the $4 billion available in the first round of broadband stimulus funding now have a target date of early November when they can expect to hear back from the federal agency that oversees much of the nation’s telecom policy-making.

This week, the deputy administrator and deputy assistant secretary for communications and information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration – the U.S. Department of Commerce agency that advises the president on telecom policy – said that NTIA hopes to start awarding grants early in November...