USDA Plans To Modify Broadband Program Rules This Year, Vilsack Testifies
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sees changes in how his department handles broadband this year, he testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee Tuesday. “In FY 2015 USDA will reopen the farm bill broadband program with new rules that align with the…
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changes the Congress included in the 2014 Farm Bill and make approximately $50 million in loans available to help ensure every corner of this country has reliable, high-speed Internet access,” Vilsack said. Since 2009, USDA “extended new or improved broadband service for 1.4 million Americans,” Vilsack noted at one point.