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US Seeks Volunteers To Review Broadband Grant Applications
BobB-nw writes with this excerpt from Network World: "The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration, scheduled to distribute $4.7 billion in broadband deployment grants over the next 15 months, will count on volunteers to review grant applications. The NTIA, in a document released this week, asks for people to apply to become volunteer reviewers of the broadband grants. The NTIA's broadband grant program is part of $7.2 billion that the US Congress approved for broadband in a huge economic stimulus package approved earlier this year. ... It's 'a little scary' that volunteers will have the power to accept and reject broadband applications, said Craig Settles, an analyst and president of consulting firm Successful.com. Volunteers may have limited expertise, or they may have biases that aren't evident to the NTIA, he said."
We're talking about billions of dollars here...surely the government could toss in a couple hundred thousand to pay people to do the job.
It's not like as if they haven't done this before :-/ The $200 Billion Broadband Scandal
At least the ratio of honest criticism to paid shill will be lower than the current system.
Sometimes, life itself is sarcasm...