Likely answer on my mind is YES, although Navajo broadband programs will more likely be allowed to do projects without matching funds given their economic status and poverty rates in local Navajo communities.

ORGANIZATION: Department of Interior, Navajo Nation
PROJECT NAME: Internet to the Hogan

Imagine driving three hours for basic social, health, educational and informational services. While that may sound outrageous with the advancements in technology in our society, for many residents of the Navajo Nation – a tribal sovereign nation with more than 250,000 citizens across 27,000 square miles, spanning New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah – that scenario had been a reality…at least until recently.

To stimulate economic development, ensure that government services were readily available to its citizens and enrich their quality of life, the central government of the Navajo Nation resolved to build an integrated network that would enable any government division, school or library to communicate seamlessly via voice, video and data. The objective was to connect the 110 Chapter Houses that serve as central community centers so citizens could access a Web portal for e-government, e-commerce, job searching, medical support, training, voting, distance learning and video broadcasts. It would provide connectivity to families in remote areas through networked Chapter Houses and traditional Navajo dwellings called the Hogan. In other words, this initiative is designed to bring the Navajo Nation into the modern world.

“We wanted to bring the network to Chapter Houses to enable our citizens to apply for government services using the Web and to conveniently access other services such as IP telephony, telemedicine and distance learning,” said Harold Skow, director of the Department of Information Technology for the Navajo Nation.

via: http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy.asp?NominationID=250