News tagged with Department of Agriculture

Illinois Awarded $520,000 USDA Grant for Rural Health Needs

Nov 26, 2011

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack awarded Illinois with $520,000 to assist in bringing innovative health measures to medically underserved residents. The project will serve the southernmost part of Illinois.

Does USF Reform Put RUS Loans at Risk of Default?

Aug 8, 2011

Loans recently made to small telcos by the Rural Utilities Service would no longer be “financially feasible” if the FCC caps the Universal Service fund, according to data filed by the RUS with the FCC last week. The telecom group of the RUS, part of the Department of Agriculture, has historically funded telecom and broadband network construction throughout rural America