Past mismanagement of the RUS’s older broadband-loan programs rai...
Past mismanagement of the RUS’s older broadband-loan programs raises doubts about its role in doling out $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus money, according to a report on an audit by the Inspector General’s Office in the agency’s parent Agriculture…
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Department. The office said it remains worried about the “current direction of the Broadband program, particularly as they receive greater funding under the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including provisions for transparency and accountability.” The RUS has made loans in places that aren’t rural, such as suburbs, said the report, released this week. Congress told the service in farm legislation last year to update its definition of “rural,” and that work continues. The broadband program begun in 2001 differs from the stimulus program in that all the money was meant for rural areas. The stimulus law allows some RUS money to go to more urbanized places.