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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. with Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced on August 24, 2010 in a press conference the award of $69.6 million in federal stimulus funding for Merit's REACH-3MC II project. REACH-3MC II will construct 1,270…

Merit Network, Inc. has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit bids from organizations who wish to provide OSP Fiber-Optic Network Engineering services for the REACH-3MC II project. Proposals will be received until September 6, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network is pleased to announce presentation topics for the fall MJTS meeting, to be held on Wednesday, September 29 at the MSU Union in East Lansing. All Merit Member organizations are encouraged to attend for…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the award of federal stimulus funding to construct 1,270 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in the Northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan. The fiber, which enables access to high-performance broadband, will…

MEDIA ADVISORY Merit Network to receive $69.6 million from ARRA to construct over 1,000 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure across 29 Michigan Counties in Northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas. Michigan State University to receive $6 million from ARRA to create strategic…

Ann Arbor, MI - Merit Network President/CEO Don Welch has been named the Vice Chair of Internet2's External Relations Advisory Council (ERAC), which is responsible for advising Internet2's Board and management on matters of policy, standards, and strategies in the…

Merit Network, Inc. has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the outside plant (OSP) construction portion of the REACH-3MC network infrastructure project. Proposals will be received until August 31, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. (EDT). Merit has been awarded a…

Merit Network is pleased to host an interactive video presentation of the SANS Institute's Developer 530 course, "Essential Secure Coding in Java/JEE." The class will be held Monday and Tuesday, October 18-19, 2010. The course will be delivered via interactive…

Merit Network will be holding a community meeting to provide an introduction to Iosco County communities on Merit's Round I Broadband Stimulus Project, REACH-3MC. In January, Merit Network was awarded a $33.3 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

On August 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., Merit Network's Vice President of Operations and Engineering, Bob Stovall, will join Jeff Reel, executive director of KIBNER (Keystone Initiative for Network Based Instruction and Research), to present the real-world challenges of a…