Broadband Initiatives Program

---
identifier: "/us/fr/2010-4780"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Broadband Initiatives Program"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2010-4780"
section_name: "Broadband Initiatives Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "2010-03-08"
last_updated: "2010-03-08"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Agriculture Department"
document_number: "2010-4780"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2010-03-08"
agencies:
  - "Agriculture Department"
  - "Rural Utilities Service"
rin: "0572-ZA01"
fr_citation: "75 FR 10455"
fr_volume: 75
fr_action: "Notice of Extension of Application Window for Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) and solicitation of applications."
---


#  Broadband Initiatives Program

**AGENCY:**

Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture.

**ACTION:**

Notice of Extension of Application Window for Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) and solicitation of applications.

**SUMMARY:**

On January 24, 2010, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced a second round funding Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) in the *Federal Register* at 75 FR 3820. The closing date for submission of applications was announced as March 15, 2010, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). In response to requests by a wide variety of stakeholders, RUS is extending the application window for applications under the second round NOFA until March 29, 2010 at 5 p.m. ET.

*Contact Information:* For general inquiries regarding BIP, contact David J. Villano, Assistant Administrator Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), *e-mail: [email protected], telephone:* (202) 690-0525. For inquiries regarding BIP compliance requirements, including applicable federal rules and regulations protecting against fraud, waste and abuse, contact *[email protected]* for BIP. You may obtain additional information regarding applications for BIP via the Internet at *www.broadbandusa.gov* .

Dated: March 2, 2010.

Jonathan Adelstein,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.