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Rural Broadband Deployment Improved Consistency With Leading Practices Could Enhance Management Of Loan And Grant Programs
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Author :United States Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781982022563 Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (225 download)
Book Synopsis Rural Broadband Deployment by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Rural Broadband Deployment written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT: Improved Consistency with Leading Practices Could Enhance Management of Loan and Grant Programs
Author :United States. Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781973911234 Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (112 download)
Book Synopsis Rural Broadband Deployment, Improved Consistency With Leading Practices Could Enhance Management of Loan and Grant Programs by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Rural Broadband Deployment, Improved Consistency With Leading Practices Could Enhance Management of Loan and Grant Programs written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " RUS provides loans and grants to help finance the construction of broadband infrastructure in rural America. GAO was asked to review RUS's management of its programs to fund broadband deployment, including consistency with leading practices for federal funding, program management, and broadband deployment. This report examines the extent to which RUS's procedures and activities are consistent with leading practices and how, if at all, its management practices could be improved. GAO synthesized, from federal guidance and relevant literature, a set of 10 leading practices that would be appropriate for the management of broadband loan and grant programs. GAO validated its set of practices with states that have programs similar to the RUS programs. GAO then reviewed RUS documentation and interviewed RUS officials and six program recipients, selected for having geographically dispersed projects currently under construction. Based on this information, GAO determined whether RUS's procedures and activities were consistent, partially consistent, or not consistent with each leading practice. "
Book Synopsis Rural Broadband Deployment, Improved Consistency with Leading Practices Could Enhance Management of Loan and Grant Programs by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Rural Broadband Deployment, Improved Consistency with Leading Practices Could Enhance Management of Loan and Grant Programs written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service by : Congressional Research Service
Download or read book Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service written by Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the large potential impact broadband access may have on the economic development of rural America, concern has been raised over a “digital divide” between rural and urban or suburban areas with respect to broadband deployment. While there are many examples of rural communities with state of the art telecommunications facilities, recent surveys and studies have indicated that, in general, rural areas tend to lag behind urban and suburban areas in broadband deployment. Citing the lagging deployment of broadband in many rural areas, Congress and the Administration acted in 2001 and 2002 to initiate pilot broadband loan and grant programs within the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Subsequently, Section 6103 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171) amended the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize a loan and loan guarantee program to provide funds for the costs of the construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in eligible rural communities. The RUS/USDA houses two assistance programs exclusively dedicated to financing broadband deployment: the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program and the Community Connect Grant Program. The 110th Congress considered reauthorization and modification of the loan and loan guarantee program as part of the 2008 farm bill. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 became law on June 18, 2008 (P.L. 110-246). Title VI (Rural Development) contains authorizing language for the broadband loan program. In the 113th Congress, the 2014 farm bill (P.L. 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014) was signed by the President on February 7, 2014. P.L. 113-79 amends Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) to reauthorize the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program through FY2018. P.L. 113-79 also includes provisions to redefine project area eligibility with respect to existing broadband service, increase the program's transparency and reporting requirements, define a minimum level of broadband service, require a study on the gathering and use of address-level data, and establish a new Rural Gigabit Network Pilot Program. The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235) provided $4.5 million to the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program to subsidize a broadband loan level of $24.077 million, and $10.372 million to Community Connect broadband grants.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :88 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
Download or read book Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recovery Act written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to broadband service is seen as vital to economic, social, and educational development, yet many areas of the country lack access to, or their residents do not use, broadband. To expand broadband deployment and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) provided $7.2 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information Admin. (NTIA) and the Dept. of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies must award all funds by Sept. 30, 2010. This report addresses the challenges NTIA and RUS face; steps taken to address challenges; and remaining risks in: (1) evaluating applications and awarding funds; and (2) overseeing funded projects. Illus.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :104 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Review of Rural Broadband Programs Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture
Download or read book Review of Rural Broadband Programs Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781977943842 Total Pages :60 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (438 download)
Book Synopsis Telecommunications by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Telecommunications written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to affordable broadband telecommunications is increasingly viewed as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life. Broadband is particularly critical in rural areas, where advanced communications can reduce the isolation of remote communities and individuals. To extend access to broadband and therefore increase economic opportunity in rural America, RUS finances the construction of broadband through a loan program. GAO was asked to assess issues related to the loan program. This report addresses the (1) geographic distribution and financial performance of loans and (2) relationship between loans and broadband deployment and economic development, and how USDA evaluates progress towards these outcomes. To address these research questions, GAO interviewed broadband providers and stakeholders selected for their varying experiences, including those that have and have not received RUS loans. GAO also analyzed RUS and U.S. Census Bureau data from 2003-2013 as well as the most recent National Broadband Map data.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :88 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis To Review the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Broadband Program by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Download or read book To Review the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Broadband Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :52 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
Download or read book Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Telecommunications by : Mark L. Goldstein
Download or read book Telecommunications written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to affordable broadband telecommunications is vital to economic growth and improved quality of life. Broadband is particularly critical in rural areas, where advanced communications can reduce the isolation of remote communities and individuals. To extend access to broadband and therefore increase economic opportunity in rural America, the the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) finances the construction of broadband through a loan program. This report assessed issues related to the loan program. It addresses the (1) geographic distribution and financial performance of loans; and (2) relationship between loans and broadband deployment and economic development, and how USDA evaluates progress towards these outcomes. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :88 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Improving Broadband Deployment by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade
Download or read book Improving Broadband Deployment written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rural Broadband written by Clyde L. Horn and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to affordable broadband is seen as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life, yet its deployment in rural areas can be costly. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated funding for BIP, a USDA RUS programme to fund broadband projects to provide service to end users in mostly rural areas. This book addresses how RUS ensures that projects are completed by the deadline and as approved and the extent to which RUS provides information to show BIPs impact.
Book Synopsis Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service by : Lennard G. Kruger
Download or read book Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service written by Lennard G. Kruger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the broadband loan and grant programs at Rural Utilities Service (RUS) that is intended to accelerate the deployment of broadband services in rural America.
Download or read book Rural Broadband written by Clyde L. Horn and published by Gazelle Book Services, Limited. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to affordable broadband is seen as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life, yet its deployment in rural areas can be costly. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated funding for BIP, a USDA RUS program to fund broadband projects to provide service to end users in mostly rural areas. This book addresses how RUS ensures that projects are completed by the deadline and as approved and the extent to which RUS provides information to show BIP's impact. It also discusses the progress of broadband projects, their effect on expanding access to and adoption of broadband, and any challenges awardees face in completing projects and agency actions to address these challenges.
Book Synopsis Recovery Act: Preliminary Observations on the Implementation of Broadband Programs by : Mark L. Goldstein
Download or read book Recovery Act: Preliminary Observations on the Implementation of Broadband Programs written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to broadband service is seen as vital to economic, social, and educational development, yet many areas of the country lack access to, or their residents do not use, broadband. To expand broadband deployment and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $7.2 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information Admin. (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies must award all funds by Sept. 30, 2010. This testimony provides preliminary information on the challenges NTIA and RUS face; the steps taken to address challenges; and the remaining risks in: (1) evaluating applications and awarding funds; and (2) overseeing funded projects. Illus.
Book Synopsis Telecommunications by : Mark L. Goldstein
Download or read book Telecommunications written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. ranks 15th among the 30 democratic nations of the OECD on one measure of broadband (i.e., high-speed Internet) subscribership. The FCC has regulatory authority over broadband, and several fed. programs fund broadband deployment. This report discusses: (1) the fed. broadband deployment policy, principal fed. programs, and stakeholders' views of those programs; (2) how the policies of OECD nations with higher subscribership rates compare with U.S. policy; and (3) actions the states have taken to encourage broadband deployment. To address these objectives, the auditor analyzed the broadband policies of the U.S. and other OECD nations, and reviewed fed. program documentation and budgetary info. Illus.
