USDA Secretary Vilsack announces $13.4 million in Community Connect broadband grants

11/15/09 Boston - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Friday, November 13, the selection of 22 projects in 10 states to receive $13.4 million in broadband community connect grant funds.

The Broadband Community Connect fund, administered by the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been funded by congressional appropriations in recent incarnations of the Farm Bill. The Broadband Community Connect program is not funded by the Recovery Act (ARRA), which also directs RUS to administer the USDA's portion of the total $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program...