USDA TO MAKE $550 MILLION AVAILABLE IN 2020 FOR HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL AMERICA

摘要

On December 12, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the availability of a second round of $550 million in USDA Reconnect Pilot Program funding appropriated by Congress. Secretary Perdue made the announcement alongside Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds while congratulating the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company of Stanton, IA, for receiving $6.4 million in first-round Reconnect Pilot Program funding to connect 477 households, 35 farms, and 21 businesses in Montgomery and Page counties.