List of Proposed Changes with Explanation

Current SBDD Quarterly Form	Change / Delete / Add	New SBDD Quarterly Form	Explanation
1. Recipient Name	No Change	Same	N/A
2. Award or Grant Number	No Change	Same	N/A
3. Street Address	No Change	Same	N/A
4. Report Date	No Change	Same	N/A
5. City, State, Zip Code	No Change	Same	N/A
6. Designated Entity on Behalf Of	Change	8. Designated Entity on Behalf of:	Renumbered in the new form
7. Project/Grant Period Start Date	No Change	Same	N/A
7a. End Date	No Change	Same	N/A
7b. Reporting Period End Date	No Change	6. Reporting Period End Date:	Renumbered in the new form
8. Final Report?	Deleted	N/A	SBDD recipients do not need to complete a final report
9. Report Frequency	Deleted	N/A	SBDD only requires quarterly reports
9a. If other, please describe	Deleted	N/A	This field is not applicable for SBDD recipients
10. Broadband Mapping	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10a. Provider Table	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10b. Are you submitting the required PROVIDER DATA by using the Excel spreadsheet provided by the SBDD grants office?	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10c. Have you encountered challenges with any providers that indicate they may refuse to participate in this project?	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10d. If so, describe the discussions to date with each of these providers and the current status	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10e. If you are collecting data through other means (e.g. data extraction, extrapolation, etc), please describe your progress to date and the relevant activities to be undertaken in the future	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10f. Please describe the verification activities you plan to implement	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10g. Have you initiated verification activities?	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10h. If yes, please describe the status of your activities	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions
10i. If verification activities have not been initiated please provide a projected time line for beginning and completing such activities	Deleted	N/A	Not needed because all recipients have initiated some verification activities and all have now completed detailed project plans
10j. How many jobs have been created or retained as a result of this project?	Deleted	N/A	Not needed because it creates confusion/redundancy with ARRA Reporting
10k. Is the project currently fully staffed?	Changed	10a. If the project is not fully staffed, describe how any lack of staffing may impact the project’s time line and when the project will be fully staffed.	Combined into one question; reordered and renumbered question in the new form
10l. If no, please explain how any lack of staffing may impact the project's time line and when the project will be fully staffed	Changed
10m. When fully staffed, how many full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs do you expect to create or retain as a result of this project?	Deleted	N/A	Not needed because it creates confusion/redundancy with ARRA Reporting
10n. Staffing Table	Changed	10b. Staffing Table	Updated table to include information about which projects the individual supports and if there are changes from last quarter; reordered and renumbered question in the new form
10o. Subcontracts Table	Changed	11. Subcontracts (Vendors and Subrecipients)	Updated instructions and table to help clarify requirements and request information on which projects the subrecipient/vendor is assigned to and at what percentage; reordered and renumbered question in the new form
10p. How much Federal funding has been expended as of the end of the last quarter?	Deleted	N/A	Not needed because it creates confusion/redundancy with the Federal Financial Report (FFR)
10q. How much Remains?	Deleted	N/A	Not needed because it creates confusion/redundancy with the FFR
10r. How much matching funds have been expended as of the end of last quarter?	Deleted	N/A	Not needed because it creates confusion/redundancy with the FFR
10s. How much Remains?	Deleted	N/A	Not needed because it creates confusion/redundancy with the FFR
10t. Budget Worksheet	Changed	12. Budget Worksheet	Changed from "Proposed In-Kind Funds" to "Approved Matching Funds" and “Matching Funds Expended” to “Approved Matching Funds Expended”; Budget worksheet is now only includes "Subcontracts total" instead of each individual subcontract; added instructions to help clarify requirements; reordered and renumbered question in the new form
10u. Has the project team purchased the software / hardware described in the application?	Changed	13a. List any hardware/software purchased during this reporting period.	Combined and amended to specify that recipients only need to list software/hardware purchased over the last quarter rather than throughout the life of the project; reordered and renumbered question in the new form
10v. If yes, please list	Changed
10w. Please note any software / hardware that has yet to be purchased and explain why it has not been purchased	Changed	13b. Please note any software/hardware that has yet to be purchased and explain why it has not been purchased.	Reordered and renumbered question in the new form
10x. Has the project team purchased or used any data sets?	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions.
10y. If yes, please list	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions.
10z. Are there any additional project milestones or information that has not been included?	Changed	SBI Project Attachment (Data Collection) #2. Describe any additional project milestones that have been accomplished over this reporting period (ex: updates to state broadband maps and websites, map outreach activities)	Combined and amended; reordered and renumbered question in the new form
10aa. If yes, please list	Changed
10bb. Please describe any challenge or obstacle that you have encountered and detail the mitigation strategies the project team is employing	Deleted	N/A	Reduced report for data elements from quarterly to semi-annually to coincide with the April and October data submissions.
10cc. Please provide any other information that you think would be useful to NTIA as it assesses your Broadband Mapping Project	Changed	SBI Project Attachment (Data Collection) #4. Provide any other information or statistics that you think would be useful to NTIA as it assesses your broadband data collection, validation and publication activities.	Amended language to clarify question; reordered and renumbered in the new form
11. Broadband Planning	Changed	9. List the individual projects in your approved project plan (with a table)	Modified to clarify that the recipients should provide specific information for each project in their approved project plans
11a. Please describe progress made against all goals, objectives, and milestones detailed in the approved Project Plan. Be sure to include a description of each major activity/milestone that you plan to complete and your current status	Changed	SBI Project Attachment #2. Describe your progress meeting each major activity/milestone approved in the Project Plan for this project; any challenges or obstacles encountered and mitigation strategies you have employed; planned major activities for the next quarter; and any additional project milestones or information	Incorporated current SBI Quarterly Form Questions 11a, 11b, 11j, and 11k into a single question
11b. Please describe any challenge or obstacle that you have encountered and detail the mitigation strategies the project team is employing	Changed
11c. Does the Project Team anticipate any changes to the project plan for Broadband Planning?	Changed	SBI Project Attachment #3. If the project team anticipates any changes to the approved project plan, describe these below. Note that any substantive changes to the project plan must be approved by Department of Commerce before implementation.	Combined and amended into a single question
11d. If yes, please describe these anticipated changes. Please note that NTIA will need to approve changes to the Project Plan before they can be implemented	Changed
11e. How much Federal funding has been expended as of the end of the last quarter?	Deleted	N/A	This is repetitive of 10p in the current form, which is now deleted.
11f. How much Remains?	Deleted	N/A	This is repetitive of 10p in the current form, which is now deleted.
11g. How much matching funds have been expended as of the end of last quarter?	Deleted	N/A	This is repetitive of 10p in the current form, which is now deleted.
11h. How much Remains?	Deleted	N/A	This is repetitive of 10p in the current form, which is now deleted.
11i. Planning Worksheet	Changed	SBI Project Attachment (Data Collection) #1. Budget	Requesting recipients to provide quarterly budget updates for each individual project (e.g., data collection, capacity building, technical assistance, etc.) because the current PPR form only focused on data and planning budgets.
		SBI Project Attachment #1. Budget
11j. Are there any additional project milestones or information that has not been included?	Deleted	N/A	Incorporated into SBI Project Attachment #2 of the new SBI Quarterly Form
11k. Please describe any challenge or obstacle that you have encountered and detail the mitigation strategies the Project Team is employing	Deleted	N/A	Incorporated into SBI Project Attachment #2 of the new SBI Quarterly Form
11l. Please provide any other information that you think would be useful to NTIA as it assesses your Broadband Mapping Project	Changed	SBI Project Attachment #4. Provide any other information that you think would be useful to NTIA as it assesses this project’s progress	Modify to clarify that the response should be for each individual project in the individual project attachments; reordered and renumbered in the new form
12. Certification: I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that this report is correct and complete for performance of activities for the purpose set forth in the award documents.	Changed	15. Certification: I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that this report is correct and complete for performance of activities for the purpose set forth in the award documents.	Renumbered in the new form
12a. Typed or Printed Name and Title of Authorized Certifying Official	Changed	15a. Typed or Printed Name and Title of Authorized Certifying Official	Renumbered in the new form
12b. Signature of Authorized Certifying Official	Changed	15b. Signature of Authorized Certifying Official	Renumbered in the new form
12c. Telephone (area code, number, and extension)	Changed	15c. Telephone (area code, number, and extension)	Renumbered in the new form
12d. Email Address	Changed	15d. Email Address	Renumbered in the new form
12e. Date Report Submitted (Month, Day, Year)	Changed	15e. Date Report Submitted (Month, Day, Year)	Renumbered in the new form
N/A	Added	11b. Describe any challenges encountered with vendors or subrecipients.	New question to better understand if the recipient has identified challenges with its vendors or subrecipients
N/A	Added	14. SBI PPR Project Attachments (skip this question if data collection is your only project) 14a. Complete an SBI PPR Project Data Collection Attachment and attach it to the PPR 14b. Complete an SBI PPR Project Attachment for each additional funded project and attach it to the PPR	New attachments to better understand the recipient’s progress on implementing each of its individual projects in the approved project plan
N/A	Added	SBI Project Attachment (Data Collection) #3. Provide number of unique visitors for your state broadband website	New question to better understand the number of visitors that access the recipient’s state broadband website
N/A	Added	SBI Project Attachment #5. Attach as a separate document any success stories or best practices you have identified, Please be as specific as possible	New question to collect success stories and best practices to share among recipients

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