WASHINGTON -- Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Action: Buy American Exception under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hereby provides notice that on June 19, 2009, the Secretary of Commerce granted a limited waiver of section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, 303 (2009) with respect to certain broadband equipment that will be used in projects funded under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).

For more information, see: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2009/FR_BuyAmericanWaiver_090626.09.pdf

Department of Commerce