E-rate Analysis

by Brian Stephens

February 10, 2023

Extended Invoice Deadline Rapidly Approaching

February 27, 2023 is the BEAR and SPI invoice deadline for more than 11,500 funding requests nationwide. As of February 10, there are $177.4M in committed funds that have not...

February 10, 2023

Waiver Reconsiderations Granted by FCC

On February 8, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission issued an Order on Reconsideration waiving the USAC appeal deadline for three E-rate applicants. Stating that the applicants had “mistakenly filed” by...

by Brian Stephens

January 27, 2023

Millions At Risk Due to Invoice Deadline

Monday, January 30, 2023 is the invoice deadline for more than 650 E-rate funding requests that have approved but as-yet-disbursed funds. In total, $11,750,162.50 from Funding Years 2016 through 2021...

by Brian Stephens

January 20, 2023

Funding Year 2023 Starts Strong

Continuing a pattern of early activity for Funding Year 2023, a record number of 465 Form 471 funding applications were filed on the first day of the filing window, which...

by Brian Stephens

January 13, 2023

Calendar Year 2022 Commitments Set Five Year Record

In keeping with its record pace of funding commitments before September 1, during calendar year 2022 USAC committed almost $2.8 billion for Funding Year 2022 applications. Total commitments across all...

by John Harrington

December 12, 2022

Firewall Support: Big Impact with Little Cost to USF

Schools and libraries are fighting to protect themselves from cyberwarfare. There are attacks daily that threaten their computer networks, either shutting them down for ransom, or leveraging the networks to...

by Brian Stephens

November 17, 2022

Record E-rate Commitments by November 15

USAC’s record-breaking year for E-rate funding commitments continues, with more than $2.68 billion in FY2022 funds committed by November 15, 2022. Funding Year 2022’s commitment pace bests last year’s record...

by Brian Stephens

November 11, 2022

18% of FRNs Request Post-Commitment Changes

From Funding Year 2016 to 2021, a post-commitment change was requested for approximately 18% of the total E-rate funding requests filed by applicants in each Funding Year. Post-commitment changes requested...