<h2><a title="Permanent Link to NTIA and RUS announce Notice of Funds Availability of second-round broadband stimulus funding" href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4252" rel="bookmark"><font color="#000000">NTIA and RUS announce Notice of Funds Availability of second-round broadband stimulus funding</font></a> </h2>
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<p>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) today announced the <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.ntia.doc.gov');" href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2010/FR_BTOPNOFA_100115.pdf"><font color="#ff7700">Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA)</font></a> of $4.8<strong> </strong>billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants and loans to expand broadband access and adoption in America. This is the second funding round for the agencies’ broadband programs. Read the full text of the press announcement <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.ntia.doc.gov');" href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2010/BTOP_BIP_NOFAII_100115.html"><font color="#ff7700">here</font></a>.</p>
<div>In the coming days, the ALA Washington Office will analyze the NOFA and will issue informational summaries and other resources for libraries on <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.ala.org');" href="http://www.ala.org/knowyourstimulus"><font color="#ff7700">www.ala.org/knowyourstimulus</font></a> as well as the District Dispatch.</div>
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