States may be able to receive a waiver from the...
States may be able to receive a waiver from the matching requirements in the FirstNet State and Local Implementation Grant Program but “only in extraordinary circumstances,” NTIA Program Specialist Laura Pettus told state and local groups during a Friday webinar.…
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She cautioned that such waivers tend to be very rare, citing two waivers granted out of roughly 230 Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grants. There’s a minimum 20 percent match expected of states as part of the grant awards. NTIA released grant application forms earlier this month and set the application deadline for March 19. She discussed details of the two-part $121.5 million implementation grants and how states can best integrate their resources and seek input from stakeholders, especially important in serving rural areas of the state. The grants are designed to be “capacity building” to allow states to build up their outreach efforts, she said. The webinar was a joint effort of NATOA, the National League of Cities and the National Association of Counties.