内华达州收回5200万美元乡村宽带资金 帕朗普项目赶不上联邦期限
据《内华达独立报》10月16日报道，内华达州已收回5200万美元原用于乡村宽带建设的疫情纾困资金，原因是承包商Stimulus Inc.判断无法在联邦期限前完成帕朗普（Pahrump）地区的部分连接工程。
州议员本周四听取了汇报。州长科学、信息与技术办公室（OSIT）主任布丽塔·阿佩尔说，收回资金是「基于全部情况作出的艰难决定」。内华达州的27亿美元疫情纾困资金必须在今年年底前全部支出完毕。
受影响最明显的预计是帕朗普北部地区；原计划以帕朗普项目为枢纽向其他地区扩展宽带的安排也因此存疑。州政府表示，目前尚不清楚哪些具体地点将被列为「未服务」地区。
Nevada Takes Back $52 Million for Rural Broadband as Federal Deadline Looms
Nevada has pulled $52 million in pandemic relief funds aimed at improving broadband access in rural areas, The Nevada Independent reported on October 16, after contractor Stimulus Inc. determined it would be unable to complete certain connections in the Pahrump area by a federal spending deadline.
'This was a decision that was a challenging decision to make,' said Britta Appel, director of the Governor's Office of Science, Information and Technology (OSIT), which oversees the project. 'It was really based on the totality of the circumstances.'
All of the state's $2.7 billion in pandemic relief funds must be spent by the end of the year. Northern Pahrump is expected to be particularly impacted, and a planned effort to use Pahrump as a hub to build broadband out elsewhere is also in doubt.
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