[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14044-14045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03844]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

[Docket Number: RUS-23-Telecom-0022]


Amended Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural eConnectivity 
Program for Fiscal Year 2024; Extension of Submission Deadline

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice, extension of submission deadline.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS, Agency), a Rural Development 
(RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 
announced its acceptance of applications under the Rural eConnectivity 
(ReConnect) program for fiscal year (FY) 2024 in the Federal Register 
on February 21, 2024. This

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notice is extending the date by which applications can be submitted.

DATES: The deadline for submissions regarding the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity (NOFO) published February 21, 2024 at 89 FR 13035 is 
extended from April 21, 2024, to May 21, 2024. The application window 
still opens March 22, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted electronically through the 
RUS Application Intake System located at usda.gov/reconnect. A synopsis 
of this NOFO will be made available on grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Leverrier, Assistant 
Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), email: 
[email protected], telephone: (202) 720-9554.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Agency is extending the deadline for submissions regarding the 
NOFO for Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) program for fiscal year (FY) 
2024 published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2024, from April 
21, 2024, to May 21, 2024. The application window still opens March 22, 
2024. This change is being made to allow Applicants a full 60 days to 
prepare their complete applications.

Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, USDA Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-03844 Filed 2-23-24; 8:45 am]
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