BIP applicants don't have to deal with this political dog-and-pony show (er.,
BS =)
-Charles
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of St. Louis Broadband
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:42 PM
To: li...@stlbroadband.com; 'WISPA General List'
Subject: [WISPA] Letter from BTOP
Has anyone else received this letter from BTOP? We received it yesterday.
Dear BTOP applicant:
Thank you for submitting your application for the Broadband Technology
Opportunities Program (BTOP), the $4.7 billion grant program established by
Congress in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
Act) to expand and enhance broadband capabilities in the United States. The
U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) is working to ensure that funds from the Recovery Act
are made available as quickly, effectively, and fairly as possible.
In the Recovery Act, NTIA was authorized to consult with states,
territories, possessions, and the District of Columbia (states) regarding
the identification of unserved and underserved areas within their borders
and the allocation of grants funds to projects affecting each state.
Accordingly, NTIA is making relevant information about your project
available on its website www.broadbandusa.gov for states and the public to
review: applicant name, contact information, amount requested, and a
description of the application. On September 8, 2009, you also received an
email from NTIA requesting your permission to post your project's Executive
Summary, or a partially redacted version thereof, on www.broadbandusa.gov.
Assuming you have granted the requested permission, this information will
also be made available to states and the public. If you have not yet
responded to our September 8 email, please do so (to b...@ntia.doc.gov) at
your earliest convenience.
NTIA is affording states the opportunity to comment on BTOP applications
that propose to serve areas within their jurisdiction and to provide an
explanation of why certain applications meet the greatest needs of the
state. Information provided by states will be among the factors considered
by NTIA in making final awards. To protect any confidential information or
trade secrets contained in your application, NTIA is providing states with
only the limited information described above. Many states may wish to
consider additional information contained in your application before making
recommendations to NTIA and may contact you to request such information.
Because states have been asked to submit any recommendations to NTIA by
October 14, 2009, we recommend you respond as quickly as possible to any
information requests from states to give them sufficient time to consider it
before commenting to NTIA. We also request that you do not send information
to the states unless and until!
you are asked to do so by a state.
Please note that your application remains under consideration until NTIA has
notified you in writing regarding any changes to your status. Notifications
will be made on a rolling basis in the coming weeks, and as such you may not
hear from NTIA immediately.
Thank you again for applying to BTOP. If you have any further questions
regarding the state consultation process, please call (202) 482-2048 or
email us at b...@ntia.doc.gov and we will do our best to assist you as
quickly as possible.
Victoria Proffer
www.StLouisBroadband.com
314-974-5600
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