Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION
Part XXI - Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities
Chapter 3 - Applications
Section XXI-301 - Process Overview

A. No funding shall be disbursed by the GUMBO grant program except pursuant to an application submitted in accordance with this Chapter.

B. Applications for the GUMBO grant program shall be submitted via the website of the office.

C. The online application process may provide for mandatory and optional materials to be submitted with each proposal.

D. Prior to the publication of an application by the Office pursuant to R.S. 51:2370.4(C), the Office shall undertake a preliminary evaluation of the application with due diligence to examine whether the application appears on its face to comply with applicable program requirements. Until such time as this preliminary evaluation is complete, the provisions of R.S. 51:2370.16(3), relative to public records, shall apply. Following the preliminary evaluation, applicant financials and proprietary or trade secret information, when designated as such by the applicant and approved by the office, at its sole discretion, shall be exempt from public disclosure.

E. Through the evaluation and scoring process, if an applicant or application or any associated project are deemed to be technically unviable for any reason, including, but not limited to, applicant ability, proposed technology solution, financial stability, or any combination thereof, the office shall, at its sole discretion, remove the application or project area from consideration for the grant program. Any applicant or application or any associated project deemed technically unviable in any GUMBO grant application period is eligible to reapply in any succeeding GUMBO grant application period.