On Tuesday, the Commerce Department announced that it would pull the plug on an $80 million project to install 900 miles of new fiber optic cable through rural Louisiana, which was originally passed as a part of the most recent stimulus bill.Read more

A recent study of broadband development projects in three states that received Federal stimulus dollars shows that some of the funding is being used to duplicate services that already exist. The study, commissioned by the National Cable and telecommunications Association, concludes that the Federal money is subsidizing some companies to compete against others that didn’t receive subsidies.Read more

On Tuesday, the North Florida Broadband Authority announced to a board of county commissioners in Putnam County that construction of a regional broadband access system will begin in April.Read more

State officials in Wisconsin reported they are returning 　$23 million of broadband stimulus money to the Federal government. The grant money, which Wisconsin received last year as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was supposed to be for expanding high-speed Internet service in public facilities such as schools and libraries.Read more

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing today to begin Congressional oversight for broadband spending allocated under the stimulus plan. This is part of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing effort to cut wasteful spending.Read more

The Hill reports that traffic to political sites surged in the weeks leading up to this month’s midterm elections.

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