In its July 2023 News Brief, USAC reminds E-rate service providers to complete the FCC Form 473 Service Provider Annual Certification Form, or SPAC. As of July 21, 2023, only 54% of service providers listed on Funding Year 2023 funding requests had filed their annual SPAC.
The Service Provider Annual Certification is filed annually by companies participating in the E-rate program and serves as a certification that the service provider will abide by E-rate program rules. USAC will not process invoices (BEAR or SPI forms) in a given Funding Year until the SPAC has been processed.
Service providers can find more information about filing the annual SPAC in USAC’s Form 473 User Guide.
