NTIA BTOP Comment San Francisco Finalb

Before the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION and the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL UTILITY SERVICE Washington, D.C. 20230 In the Matter of ) ) Implementation of Section 6001 of the American ) Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ) ) Implementation of Title I of the American ) Docket No. 090309298-9299-01 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ) COMMENTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM CHRIS A. VEIN Chief Information Officer BRIAN ROBERTS Senior Policy Analyst EMY TSENG Project Director, Digital Inclusion Programs BARRY FRASER Telecommunications Policy Analyst Department of Technology 1 South Van Ness Avenue 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: (415) 581-4001 E-mail: Chris.Vein@sfgov.org April 13, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY....................................................................1 II. ANSWER TO QUESTION 1: NTIA SHOULD NOT APPORTION SPECIFIC FUNDING ALLOCATIONS TO ANY ONE PURPOSE LISTED IN ARRA (OTHER THAN THOSE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE STATUTE); APPLICANTS THAT ADDRESS MULTIPLE PURPOSES SHOULD RECEIVE PRIORITY .............................................................................................3 III. ANSWER TO QUESTION 2: STATES MAY HAVE AN ADVISORY, BUT NOT A DISPOSITIVE ROLE; NTIA SHOULD ONLY CONSIDER STATE ADVICE IF THE ...