Washington State Broadband - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Welcome to Washington's broadband website

Today, broadband is as important as basic telephone service to stay in touch with work and friends. Instead of calling someone, people now email or text message to keep in touch or to share information. Instead of giving out their telephone number, people often provide their email or mobile number. And, instead of visiting a store to purchase an item people now log on to their computer to find the best deal on what they want. In increasingly more situations, this new form of next generation communications requires affordable and reliable broadband. Yet, many areas in Washington do not have sufficient and reliable broadband so that these capabilities are easily and readily available.
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What's New

Rural Utilities Service Broadband Initiatives Program
Round Two Application Guide
Last Mile and Middle Mile Projects

RUS releases second wave Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Broadband Initiatives
Program (BIP) more news...

About Us

Washington State Department of Information
Services (DIS) is working with Broadband (Internet) service providers, teachers, librarians,
small business people, hospital administrators, police, sheriffs, fire chiefs, tribes, non-profits
and manyothers to get a clear picture of what
communities have, and need read more...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century.

The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need.