关于btop的第三十三次季度状态报告大会

Submitted to the Committee on AppropriationsUnited States Senate the Committee on AppropriationsUnited States House of Representatives the Committee on Commerce, Science and TransportationUnited States Senate and the Committee on Energy and CommerceUnited States House of Representatives July 2017 National Telecommunications and Information AdministrationU.S. Department of Commerce I.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Pursuant to Section 6001(d)(4) of theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 (ARRA or Recovery Act) (Public LawNo. 111-5), the National Telecommunicationsand Information Administration (NTIA)provides this Quarterly Report on the statusof the Broadband Technology OpportunitiesProgram (BTOP or Program). This Reportfocuses on the Program’s activities fromJanuary 1 to March 31, 2017. The Recovery Act appropriated $4.7 billionfor NTIA to establish BTOP to increasebroadband access and adoption; providebroadband access, training and support toschools, libraries, healthcare providers, andother organizations; improve broadband access to public safety agencies; and stimulate demand for broadband.1The chart above shows how NTIA allocated the funds among the four grant types.2 As of March 31, 2017, two BTOP projects remained in active status, and 278 projects had completed theirproject activities.3 II.SUMMARY This Quarterly Report focuses on the following areas of Program implementation and project oversight: Program status and progressof broadband projects, including closeout efforts, extensions, andProgram expenditures.State Broadband Initiative (SBI),includes the State Broadband Data and Development Programand recipient progress.Monitoring and grants administrationfor broadband projects and the results of those efforts. 1On August 10, 2010, Congress rescinded $302 million from BTOP, reducing the Program’s funding to approximately $4.4billion.SeePub. Law No. 111-226. 3The two active BTOP grants are public safety awards (Executive Office of the State of Mississippi and Los Angeles RegionalInteroperable Communications System). NTIA plans to remove the background section and focus on updates regarding thetwo open awards in its next report. III.PROGRAM STATUS AND PROGRESS A. Program Progress NTIA established key project indicators (KPIs) to track thesuccess of the Programs. Sustainable Broadband Adoption(SBA) projects tracked the number of households subscribing tobroadband, or “SBA Subscribers.” Comprehensive CommunityInfrastructure (CCI) projects tracked the number of “New andUpgraded Network Miles” and the number of “CommunityAnchor Institutions (CAIs) Connected.”4 As of March 31, 2017, all BTOP CCI recipients were closed outand deployed or upgraded no additional network miles. Of thetwo active BTOP projects, Mississippi engaged primarily inplanning activities and LA-RICS tested its LTE network duringthis period. NTIA does not track these activities as part of theKPIs. Therefore, the cumulative total for all BTOP recipients isthe same as reported in the last report: 117,072 miles of new orupgraded network infrastructure. Grant recipients’ quarterly progress reports provide moregranular details of these results. NTIA makes these reportspublic as they are approved for distribution. On April 20, 2017,NTIA published last quarters’ reports. B. Public Safety Projects The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 authorized and provided funding to the FirstResponder Network Authority (FirstNet) to implement a nationwide public safety broadband network. In2010, prior to the Act, NTIA awarded seven grants for public safety projects. Following the Act’s passage in2012, NTIA partially suspended the grants to allow FirstNet to evaluate them. Four recipients, AdamsCounty Communications Center Inc. (ADCOM) in Colorado, New Jersey Department of Treasury (NewJersey), New Mexico Department of Information Technology (New Mexico), and the Los Angeles RegionalInteroperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS), executed spectrum lease agreements withFirstNet. NTIA lifted the partial suspensions, enabling them to restart their projects. In addition to coordinating with NTIA, these recipients also communicate with FirstNet on a regular basis toensure their projects are consistent with FirstNet’s approach to designing the nationwide public safetybroadband network. FirstNet provides on-site technical support to these projects. NTIA also closelycoordinates with FirstNet regarding these projects. NTIA and FirstNet hold weekly technical meetings todiscuss project status, flag any issues, and coordinate risk escalation with their respective managementteams. Moreover, NTIA leadership works closely with FirstNet management to ensure that the key learningconditions expected from each project will benefit FirstNet and its planning for the nationwide network. As a result of the Continuing Resolution Act of 2016, which extended the availability of BTOP funding until2020, four public safety proj