Letter of Readiness      

Open letter that describes our readiness to participate in our country's economic rebuilding.

Click HERE to view letter

Resources & References      

U.S. Government Main Federal ARRA page   NTIA ARRA Page Weekly Update USDA ARRA Page Weekly Update FCC ARRA Page FCC 22May2009 Rpt US Forest Service by State   Homeland Security GovLoans  Department of the Interior   Including:       Bureau of Reclamation       Bureau of Land Management       Bureau of Indian Affairs       US Fish & Wildlife Service       National Park Service       US Geological Survey	Regional Resources The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Arts Midwest The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) The Navajo Nation   Excellent: The Navajo Nation ARRA Links page. National Clean Diesel
State Resources Transparency in Government State Map (scroll to bottom) Onvia's Federal Spending in States Search Connecting Alabama Connect Arkansas Connected Nation includes:
Understanding ARRA At the Recovery Source. The ARRA Wikipedia Page	Orgs Getting it Done The Rural Mobile Broadband Alliance (RuMBA) is focused on the communications needs of rural Americans. The Knight Center for Digital Excellence (KC) provides sustainable approaches and business models to ensure the ongoing growth and livability of individual communities. Travois, Inc. assists Indian Country clients obtain funding for a wide variety of projects.
Community Petition for Internet Service (pdf)	Grants How-To NIH Grant Writing Tips Sample grant proposals at www.proposalwriter.com/grantsamples.html. The Seanet Grant Writing Page

Partnerships: Health, Education, Tribal, Non-Profit, & Community      

Communities Need Partners

Your town is a complex web of technology needs, from emergency services, power and water resource control, and voice and data communications at all points within your borders, to working with surrounding communities, counties and states to ensure your community keeps on thriving. FTI has worked with numerous communities over the years, often through local communications providers who help the communities make sense of broadband satellite, and oversee the installation and operations, or directly with the community IT directors. FTI can provide backhaul to community Wifi and WIMAX infrastructure, broadband backup to fiber connections, and mobile solutions for emergency mobile command posts.  Our trailer solution can be parked, deployed, and providing Wifi and voice command center services, regardless of the level of devastation, immediately. Many communities are implementing SCADA devices to monitor and control energy and water resources. For communities where wire or wireless applications are not possible, data transmission via satellite just makes sense.

Why ARRA is Important to Your School, University, or other Educational Organization

• It provides funds for schools with high concentrations of students who live in poverty as a way to help improve teaching and learning—these students are currently most at risk of failing to meet state academic achievement standards.
• It strengthens and expands early childhood education by aligning programs with state early learning standards and K-3 content standards.
• It provides programs for secondary school students to use high-quality, online courseware as supplemental learning materials for meeting math and science requirements.
• It uses a longitudinal data system to drive continuous improvement efforts and to establish or expand learning opportunities.
• It establishes teacher training that builds teachers' capacity to address academic achievement problems.
• It provides professional development to teachers on the use of data to inform and improve instruction.

What this mean for your hospital or medical facility?

If your facility does not have access to high speed broadband communications, you are eligible to receive government grants that will pay to update your current broadband access or lack thereof.
Why does our facility need high speed broadband communication access?
Due to the emergence of electronic medical records and the movement of a paper-free healthcare system in America.  According to ABC news, President Obama has been quoted in saying the government will push for electronic health records for all Americans within five years in order to save both dollars and lives.
The ARRA provides your medical facility with the opportunity to use government funds to prepare for the future healthcare.

How FTI can help.

FTI provides high-speed satellite broadband communications anywhere in the continental US, Hawaii, and parts of Alaska.  No matter where your facility is located, we can provide broadband access fast – typically within 10 days via a 2.4 or 3.1 meter satellite dish. Whereas with a terrestrial line, you will have to wait months maybe even years to lay enough fiber optic cable to connect to high-speed broadband.

Community Petition for Internet Service (pdf)

FTI 's ARRA Information      

FTI  has applied for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and its allocation of $7.2 billion for the deployment of broadband infrastructure, among other things.  ARRA is truly a watershed event in the rural telecommunications industry, providing capital to extend the reach of vital access to broadband.  FTI  has one of the longest histories of managing and operating wireless broadband networks in rural and underserved markets.  /p>

In addition, FTI's management has significant experience in building, operating and financing growth telecommunications companies.  As a result, our management believes that FTI  is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of the Federal Government in its broadband stimulus efforts. FTI  is in the process of partnering with certain critical community facilities and anchors in connection with its ARRA funding initiatives. Those that may qualify include, but are not limited to: libraries, hospitals, clinics, schools and community centers.  

If you are interested in learning more about collaborating with FTI's efforts, please send an email with the institution’s name, city, state, and a contact’s name, email address and phone number to sales@ftionline.com.  For more information, please click below.    

FTI Jobs Created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

FTI Communications is always seeking talented individuals to join our team, and if successful in its applications under the Broadband Initiatives Program of ARRA, FTI will be hiring hundreds of talented individuals to help us bring next generation broadband to small towns and rural areas throughout the United States. More specifically, FTI will be hiring in the following general areas:

• Accounting Customer Service - Representatives, Trainers, and Managers
• Engineering: Operations, Network Admin, Systems Admin, RF, Programmer and IT Field Technicians
• Financial Analysts
• General Managers (market specific)
• Human Resources
• Marketing
• Contracts/Legal/Compliance
• Project Managers
• Purchasing
• Sales

If you're interested in a career with FTI, please email your resume to sales@ftionline.com. Your resume will be kept on file until results of the ARRA applications are known.

More Info

FTI Acceptable Use Policy  |  Community Petition for Internet Service (pdf)