2009-05-05T19:10:15Z 03/20/2009 Ellen Herbst tag:recovery.commerce.gov,20090320_01:/feeds/weeklyupdate tag:recovery.commerce.gov,20090320_01:/feeds/weeklyupdate/entry DOC 2009-05-05T19:10:15Z 03/20/2009 Ellen Herbst eherbst@doc.gov Weekly Update Report Data (sheet 1 of 2) Version 1.1 1 13 0514 2009/2010 NIST CRF $360,000,000 $0 $0 2 13 0549 2009/2010 NIST STRS $220,000,000 $0 $0 3 13 0549 X NIST Health IT $20,000,000 $0 $0 4 13 1454 2009/2010 NOAA PAC $600,000,000 $0 $0 5 13 1440 2009/2010 NOAA ORF $230,000,000 $0 $0 6 13 0556 2009/2010 NTIA DTACBP $650,000,000 $126,346,520 $1,231,481 7 13 0554 2009/2010 NTIA BTOP $4,690,000,000 $3,162 $0 8 13 2051 2009/2010 EDA EDAP $147,000,000 $0 $0 9 13 0118 2009/2010 EDA S&E $3,000,000 $0 $0 10 13 0451 2009/2010 Census PCP $1,000,000,000 $0 $0 11 13 0110 X OIG $10,000,000 $0 $0 12 13 0110 2009/2013 OIG $6,000,000 $0 $0 13 13 0124 2009 OIG $142,822 $3,782 Weekly Update Report Data (sheet 2 of 2) 1 Department-wide NIST 2 The Senior Advisor on Recovery Implementation testified before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science and Technology Hearing on ARRA Implementation on 3-19-09 Post construction grants synopsis on Grants.gov 3 OIG NOAA 4 The OIG Recovery Act web page is available at http://www.oig.doc.gov/recovery/index.html Publish press release regarding availability of funding for habitat restoration 5 The IG testified before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science and Technology Hearing on ARRA Oversight on 3-19-09 Census 6 Partnership positions were posted with active recruiting as part of decennial census outreach program 7 NIST 8 Synopses for Measuring, Science and Engineering Research and Fellowship programs posted to Grants.gov 9 NTIA NTIA 10 NTIA accepted requests for over 220,000 coupons with a value of $1.3 million and cleared the backlog. NTIA Deputy Assistant Secretary will testify on the status of the DTV Coupon Program on March 26, 2009 before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives 11 NTIA reimbursed retailers for almost 4,000 redeemed coupons with a value of $147,000 Publish press release on DTV coupon program 12 Joint National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and USDA's Rural Utilities Service's Public Meetings were held to help shape ARRA Broadband Initiatives. Meetings were held March 16, 2009 in Washington, DC; March 17, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV; March 18, 2009 in Flagstaff, AZ; and March 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. Each meeting was webcast for transparency and to ensure maximum public participation. Joint National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and USDA's Rural Utilities Service's Public Meetings will be held March 23 and March 24, 2009 in Washington, DC to help shape American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Broadband Initiatives. Each meeting will be webcast for transparency and to ensure maximum public participation. 13 NOAA 14 Received first application for restoration funding. NOAA expects to receive majority of applications closer to April 6 closing date. 15 NOAA continued to respond to hundreds of inquiries on habitat restoration FFO including calls from Congressional staff. Meetings organized by national and regional organizations to educate their constituents on this FFO have had high participation rates and NOAA participated to respond to specific questions.