Isn't The Broadband Stimulus Supposed To Be About Jobs and Innovation?

[Commentary] The scoring criteria for the broadband stimulus grants and loans don't account for jobs created or saved. It makes it seem like the only reason they're even asking for numbers related to job creation is as inconsequential window dressing. How is it that this NOFA is completely ignoring the Recovery Act's primary purpose? Why aren't we rewarding projects that promise to create the most jobs? But there's an even more glaring omission in this NOFA: the lack of focus on innovation. Every time an Administration official talked about the stimulus it was in terms of testbed projects, and yet nothing in this NOFA supports that idea. It makes me wonder why more wasn't done to craft the NOFA to favor innovative models for deployment.