Don't Ask For Feedback On Grants That Have Not Been Named

The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service should not have asked for public feedback on how to effectively get broadband stimulus funds to applicants who should be receiving them before they announced the winners of the first round of grants, said Virginia Deputy Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson. She continued by advising potential fund applicants to "start conversations with contacts at the local level now" and to form partnerships with local entities.