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California Emerging Technology FundAmerican Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 Review
Bill Purpose
1. Preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery.2.
Assist those most impacted by the recession.3. Provide investments
needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring
technological
advances in science and health.4. To invest in transportation,
environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will
provide long-term economic benefits.5. To stabilize State and
local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid
reductions
in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax
increases.
California Facts
California accounts for 4.4% of the countrys land area and
contains 13% of the nations population.CETF estimates that
California should receive between 10 and 15% of the grants, loans
and loan
guarantees awarded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009.
Bill Funding Opportunities
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Rural Community Facilities Program Account$130 million in small
business loans
Rural Business
$150 million Cooperative Service Rural Business Program
Account
Rural Utilities Services (RUS)$2.5 billion Distance Learning,
Telemedicine and Broadband Program
Priorities: Projects that deliver end users with a choice of
more than one service provider (implies a
wholesale arrangement exactly one of CETFs recommendations).
Projects that provide service to the highest proportion of rural
residents that do not have
access to broadband services. Project applications from
borrowers or former borrowers.Limitations: No area of the project
funded may receive funding to provide broadband service under
the
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. 75% of area to be
served by a project shall be in a rural area without sufficient
access to
high-speed broadband service to facilitate rural economic
development. No award deadline or state-level project award
requirements are specified.
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Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration$150 million Economic
Development Assistance Program
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA)$4.7 billion Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (TOP)
allocated as follows: $3.9 billion for broadband deployment. $200
million to expand public computer center capacity. $250 million for
innovative programs to encourage sustainable adoption of broadband
service. $350 million for a state-level broadband map (may be
transferred to FCC), State Broadband
Data and Development Grant Program.
Goals: Provide access to broadband service to consumers residing
in unserved areas. Provide improved access to broadband service to
consumers residing in underserved areas. Provide broadband
education, awareness, training, access, equipment and support
to:
Schools, libraries, medical and healthcare providers, community
colleges and otherorganizations that facilitate greater broadband
use by these organizations.
Organizations that provide outreach, access, equipment and
support services to facilitategreater use of broadband service by
low-income, unemployed, ages and otherwisevulnerable
populations.
Job-creating strategic facilities located within
state-designated economic zones. Improve access to, and use of,
broadband service by public safety agencies. Stimulate the demand
for broadband, economic growth and job creation.Priorities: No less
than 1 grant in each State. Increase the affordability of, and
subscribership to, service to the greatest population of
users in the area.
Provide the greatest broadband speed possible to the greatest
population of the users in thearea.
Enhance service for health care delivery, education or children
to the greatest population ofusers in the area.
Limitations: All awards are made before the end of fiscal year
2010. Federal share cant exceed 80% of funding without approval by
Assistant Secretary (a long
list of caveats exist). Applicants must abide by a
non-discrimination and network interconnection policy (to be
published by the Assistant Secretary) which must, at a minimum,
meet the principles
contained in the FCCs broadband policy statement (FCC 05-15,
adopted August 5, 2005).
Big changes since House Bill version: No reference to bandwidth
tiers, current generation or next generation broadband. No
references to wireless and wireline, simply broadband. Open Access
removed and replaced with Assistant Secretary inter-connection (to
be
published) document that must meet or exceed FCC 2005 broadband
principles. No defined split between rural and urban areas.
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No defined split between unserved and underserved areas. No
defined split between wireless and wireline technologies or
funding. No references to voice-only deployments. Foundations,
corporations, institutions, associations and other entities
approved by the
Assistant Secretary may qualify for grants, loans and loan
guarantees. No tax incentives for any broadband deployment.
Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration, Training and Employment
Services$3.95 billion allocated as follows: $500 million for adult
employment and training activities. $1.2 billion for youth
activities. $1.25 billion for dislocated worker employment and
training activities. $50 million for YouthBuild activities. $200
million for the dislocated works assistance national reserve. $750
million for worker training and placement in high growth and
emerging industry sectors
($500 million in energy efficiency and renewable energy).
Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service$85 million Tele-health services
development and related infrastructure requirements.Indian Health
Facilities$985 million Priority health care facilities construction
projects. Deferred maintenance. Purchase of equipment and related
service. Health information technology.Health Resources and
Services $1 billion for health centers. $3 billion for renovation,
repair and health information technology systems. $1 billion for
training of health professionals.
