Broadband Virginia Style Stimulus in the Commonwealth Karen Jackson Deputy Secretary of Technology December 2009
Broadband Virginia Style Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance Established by EO 35, 2006 (codified 2008) Commonwealth Broadband Roundtable launched September 2007 Co-Chaired by Secretary of Technology, Aneesh Chopra and Senator Mark Warner - Comprised of experts from academia and industry, state/local/regional leaders, legislators, state agency representatives - Five sub-committees formed to address specific elements of the broadband equation adoption/availability, technology, applications, business models and Outreach - Finalized Activities, September 2008 Broadband Council (recommendation from Roundtable) enacted July 1, 2009 Page 2
Roundtable Tool-Kit To Support Community Policy-Makers Office of the Secretary of Technology A Coordinated Effort The Community Broadband Toolkit http://www.wired.virginia.gov Page 3
Roundtable Toolkit At A Glance Is your community house in order? Comprehensive and Land Use Documents Broadband friendly zoning Expedited permitting processes Fees/Charges What are you trying to do? Who are you trying to connect? What applications are of interest now and future? Who will lead the initiative? How do you do it? Assessing assets and demand for services Determine desired technology Evaluate deal structure options (wireless authority, PPEA, Public-Private Partnerships, contract, etc) Business Case Analysis and Funding Reallocate existing telecom spend and in-kind contributions (rights of way, towers, tanks, etc.) Evaluate and leverage grant opportunities (existing and future) Leverage VRA funding mechanisms Page 4
Commonwealth Broadband Availability Map - Phase I Phase I of Broadband Availability Map launched in May 2009; currently negotiating (with NTIA) for ARRA funding to support expanding and improving capabilities of current map. Source: http://gismaps.virginia.gov/broadbandmappingfinal/ Page 5
Office of the Secretary of Technology Interim Map Produced to Facilitate Application Development Map derived from provider data and shape files Estimated census block/rural coverage Initiative to support community applications http://gismaps.virginia.gov/broadband_census/ Page 6
Stimulus Virginia Style December, 2008 Virginia launches first call for potential ARRA projects February 10, 2009 Virginia launches stimulus site to collect potential projects March 6, 2009 Total of 9,000 projects proposals submitted July, 2009 NTIA/RUS Notice of Funds Availability December, 2009 Broadband and Health Resource Center (ONC) Awards Pending Virginia Results to date (11/10/09) 2572 Awards 5900 Jobs, $5,184,852,327 Funding Contracts: (496) $858,995,365, Grants: (1351) $3,712,694,703, Loans (725) $613,162,259 http://www.recovery.gov/pages/home.aspx http://www.recovery.gov/transparency/statesummaries/page s/statesummary.aspx?statecode=va Page 7
Launched February 2010, Virginia Stimulus Site Continues to Track Impact Awards by Locality Awards by Secretariat Source: www.stimulus.virginia.gov Page 8
Tracking ARRA Recovery.Gov Details Awards Page 9
Federal Broadband Initiatives FCC The FCC is currently working in coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to perform the FCC s role under the Recovery Act. Specifically, in conjunction with the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program established by the Act, the FCC has been tasked with creating a National Broadband Plan by February 17, 2010. The Recovery Act states that the National Broadband Plan shall seek to ensure all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal. NTIA SUMMARY: RUS and NTIA announce general policy and application procedures for broadband initiatives established pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). RUS is establishing the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) which may extend loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. NTIA is establishing the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) which makes available grants for deploying broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas in the United States, enhancing broadband capacity at public computer centers, and promoting sustainable broadband adoption projects. Page 10
Federal Mapping Initiatives FCC The FCC is currently working in coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to perform the FCC s role under the Recovery Act. Specifically, in conjunction with the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program established by the Act, the FCC has been tasked with creating a National Broadband Plan by February 17, 2010. The Recovery Act states that the National Broadband Plan shall seek to ensure all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal. NTIA The State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program is a competitive, merit-based matching grant program that implements the joint purposes of the ARRA and the Broadband Data Improvement Act (BDIA). The program will provide grants to assist states or their designees to gather state-specific data on the availability, speed, and location of broadband services. The data collected and compiled, including publicly available state-wide broadband maps, will also be used to inform the comprehensive, interactive national broadband map that NTIA is required by the Recovery Act to create and make publicly available by February 17, 2011. The map will publicly display the geographic areas where broadband service is available; the technology used to provide the service; the speeds of the service; and broadband service availability at public schools, libraries, hospitals, colleges, universities, and public buildings. The national map will also be searchable by address and show the broadband providers offering service in the corresponding census block or street Page 11 segment.
ARRA, First Round Application Submissions National Re-cap BTOP BIP Joint Applications Infrastructure 260 Applications $5.4B Requested 400 Applications $5.0B Requested 830 Applications $12.8B Requested Sustainable Broadband 320 Applications Not Applicable Not Applicable Adoption $2.5B Requested $150 Million Available Public Computing Centers 360 Applications $1.9B Requested Not Applicable Not Applicable $50 Million Available http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/btop_bip_090827.pdf Page 12
Virginia First-Round Applications Funding Request Re-cap Loan (RUS only) Grant Total (137) applications (instate/out-of-state applicants applying for funds to perform work in Virginia) Total Applications from VA companies for work in VA and other states Total Virginia applications for services to be provided IN Virginia ONLY $269,407,004 $63,745,832 $51,230,020. $2,447,993,879 $627,858,089 $428,248,784 Total Applications Submissions: Sustainable broadband adoption: 54, Infrastructure: 67 (Last mile: 45, Middle mile: 22) Public computing centers: 16, Total: 137 http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/results.cfm?org=&keywords= &program=btop&program=bip%2fbtop&state=&projstates=va Page 13
VA submissions VA Projects for VA Communities BIP/BTOP First Round Last mile Loan (RUS only) ($) 48,641,857 Grant ($) 232,757,250 67 applications submitted by Virginia entities for Virginia projects: Middle mile 2,588,163 132,722,913 Sustainable broadband adoption: 15 Public Computing Center n/a 5,786,778 Last mile: 35 (note: 15 individual applications were submitted by a single) Sustainable Broadband Adoption n/a 56,981,843 Middle mile: 12 Public computing centers: 7 Total 51,230,020. 428,248,784 Page 14
Feds Launch Websites to Track Stimulus Activities www.broadband.gov www.broadbandusa.gov Page 15
Stimulus funds for Broadband Looking Beyond the Obvious Education Interoperability ARRA Funded Applications Health Transportation Energy Sustainable Broadband Deployments Infrastructure NTIA Computing Centers RUS Building Demand Page 16
Latest News - Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (October 27) Larry Strickling (NTIA Administrator) We want and need to provide full and fair consideration to our pool of applicants. Given the large number of complex applications and the very voluminous amount of information that we need to review, we have decided to expand our review period and we are now targeting our first round grant awards for mid-december about a month later than planned We will not conclude the first round of fundng at the end of this year as we had originally hoped, but we do expect to do so in February of next year. Jonathan Adelstein (RUS Administrator) We have heard a lot of concerns about the definition of remote and we re going to completely revisit that in the next NOFA. As I indicated, we are going to put out comment requests very shortly and one of the big questions we see is how do you deal with this? Page 17
Going Forward Virginia s Role Virginia s Priorities Retain Virginia s reputation for broadband creativity and leadership Create a favorable policy and business climate Monitor and Participate in Federal Initiatives (including mapping) Serve as a resource/clearinghouse for communities undertaking broadband initiatives Provide support to/visibility for emerging projects Unserved Areas Community-led Initiatives Partnerships Collaborations Page 18
Contact Information: Karen Jackson Deputy Secretary of Technology Karen.jackson@governor.virginia.gov Page 19