Monday, December 07, 2009
Kansas receives $2 million grant for rural broadband program
December 7, 2009
By Kansas City Star
KansasCity.com
Kansas government officials this morning will unveil details of a $2 million federal grant for the Connect Kansas rural broadband program.
Lt. Gov. Troy Findley and Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary Bill Thornton will hold a news conference in Topeka at 11 a.m. to discuss the project.
The grant will fund broadband mapping and planning through the Connect Kansas Initiative, which is aimed at increasing high-speed Internet access in rural Kansas.
Kansas is among 21 states that received stimulus funds for Internet mapping activities. The Kansas grant was announced Nov. 30 by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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