• The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58)
provided the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Telecommunications Program
with funding for technical assistance and pre-development planning
activities to support the most rural communities.

• Additional funding for TA provided by the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2023.

• Rural Utilities Service (RUS) recently created a new TA branch within
the Telecommunications Program to support broadband deployment
efforts in the hardest to reach rural communities