As we’ve reported, the US government has at long last announced that the first application window for broadband projects funded by that $7.2 billion in stimulus money will soon open. Two agencies are handing out the grants and loans: the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS). The application process is complicated, and until this week it wasn’t entirely clear who was going to help pick the winners.
Now it’s at least a little clearer. The NTIA has released a call for volunteers to help its program select the wheat from the chaff. The volunteers will serve as panelists in selecting grant proposals.
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