The U.S. Treasury has approved Arkansas plan to use $47.5 million of the federal American Rescue Plan s Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund to serve an estimated 5,500 homes and businesses through the Arkansas Rural Connect grant program to provide high-speed internet to locations that lack access to adequate service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Tuesday.
Arkansas is one of the five latest states to obtain the U.S. Treasury Department’s approval of its plan to invest the federal American Rescue Plan Coronavirus Capital Projects funding in broadband infrastructure projects, the department announced Tuesday morning.
Circumference Group of Little Rock announced Tuesday it is investing to take majority ownership of Conway-based The Computer Works to support the broadband provider s growth across Arkansas.
Glen Howie, a senior policy analyst within the commerce department of Louisiana s Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, was named Arkansas new broadband director on Monday.