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Broadband Strategy Council (BBSC)
Gov. John Elias Baldacci signed a bill requiring the ConnectME Authority to establish a special council to advise the Authority on broadband opportunities available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as well as the University of Maine System on matters pertaining to the sale or lease of excess capacity as a result of the conversion of the education broadband spectrum.
Resolve, Chapter 108, LD 1012, Resolve, Directing the ConnectME Authority To Create the Broadband Strategy Council
Recommendations for Round One and Round Two awards.
BBSC NTIA/BTOP Application Evaluation Criteria and Checklist.
Second Round NTIA BTOP Applications
- NTIA Press Release, 867 applications submitted for second round.
- Maine Specific BTOP Grant Applications
First Round BIP, BTOP, and BIP/BTOP Broadband USA Applications
- Sorted/Searched by Project Type and Proposed Project Area (ME) showing Maine Specific Applicants and/or Projects – Summaries and Grant/Loan Requests Spreadsheet. Multi-state projects, not specific to Maine.
- NTIA Press Release: Nearly 2,200 Diverse Applications Submitted for Share of $4 Billion in Funding to Expand Broadband Access and Adoption (August 27, 2009).
Broadband Access Infrastructure Board Report, Revised 11/28/05
Members of the Broadband Strategy Council:
1. Senator Lawrence Bliss, Senate Chair
2. Representative Cynthia Dill, House Chair
3. Senator Christopher Rector
4. Representative Bruce MacDonald
5. Representative Kenneth Fletcher
6. Wayne Gallant, DAFS, Office of Information Technology
7. * Commissioner, Department of Economic and Community Development
8. Vendean Vafiades, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission
9. Phillip Lindley, Executive Director, ConnectME Authority
10. Jeffrey Letourneau, Director, Communications and Network Services, University of Maine System
11. Jeff Mao, Dept. of Education, Representing the Maine School and Library Network
