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Rural eConnectivity Program Applications Accepted March 22 - April 22, 2024

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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Round 5 of the ReConnect program. Applications can be submitted through the RUS online...more

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FCC Announces November 6 Meeting of Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force

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Effort Supports $1 Billion Commitment to Facilitate Deployment of Wireless AgTech Networks - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the next public meeting of its Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task...more

Wiley Rein LLP

RUS ReConnect Funding Opportunity Announcement

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On October 24, 2021, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to announce the application window for the 2022 fiscal year (FY 2022) Rural...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 2

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In Washington: In a statement on Monday, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn and Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, responded that it was...more

Baker Donelson

USDA Grants Available to Purchase Equipment for Telemedicine and Distance Learning Programs

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A great opportunity has opened providing funds for telemedicine and distance learning investment in rural areas. $71 million is available with grants ranging from $50,000 to $1 million....more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Call for Nominations: FCC Task Force to Consider Broadband Needs for Precision Agriculture

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On June 17, the Federal Communications Commission announced a new Task Force for Reviewing Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States, a byproduct of the Agriculture Improvement Act of...more

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FCC Announces Auctions and Programs to Support 5G Wireless Telecommunications Systems and the USDA Funds Support for Rural...

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On April 12, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that on December 10, 2019, it will begin the auction of millimeter wave spectrum in the 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz bands to promote the development of 5G...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

$600 Million Available for Rural Broadband Deployment Through New RUS Program

The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) recently announced that it is launching a new $600 million program to fund the deployment of broadband Internet access services throughout rural America. ...more

McCarter & English, LLP

As One Broadband Funding Window Closes, Another One Opens

Although opportunities to fund broadband through the Federal Communication Commission’s auction are ending soon under its March 30 application deadline, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS)...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Rural Utilities Services Announces Broadband Loan Program Funding; Applications due July 2016

On April 8, the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) published a Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) in the Federal Register for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New Funding Available for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program

The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced its 2016 application window for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program, which is designed to provide access to education,...more

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