USDA Accepting Applications for Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee program

The Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, announces that it is accepting applications for fiscal year 2015 for the Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantee program. In addition to announcing the application window, RUS announces the minimum and maximum amounts for broadband loans for FY 2015. Moreover, the Agency is concurrently publishing a proposed interim final rule that will revise the current Broadband Program regulations. Applications under this Notice of solicitation of applications will be accepted immediately, July 30, 2015 through September 30, 2015, subject to the requirements of the interim regulation published concurrently with this NOSA.