E-rate Commentary

by Funds For Learning

September 25, 2015

Be First to Know: Applicant Training Live Tweets

USAC's first 2015 applicant training session will be held in Washington, DC on Friday, October 2, 2015. While registration for the training event has been full for several weeks now,...

by John Harrington

September 11, 2015

Read the Report and Share Your Thoughts

Today, we submitted the results of our fifth nationwide survey of E-rate applicants to the FCC. We are doing things a little differently this year...

by Brian Stephens

August 28, 2015

Dandy Decade

Today I learned an interesting fact: it's 2015. All day, my colleagues have been trying to convince me that it has been 2015 for something like eight months now. I'm...

by Peter Kaplan

August 28, 2015

Remembering Hurricane Katrina

Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Region of the United States and devastated much of Louisiana and Mississippi. While many of us moved on with our lives,...

by Peter Kaplan

August 25, 2015

Cautionary Tale: LCP Audits Continue

As the Funding Year 2016 competitive bidding season will start in earnest this fall, I wanted to remind service providers of their obligation to provide schools and libraries the lowest...

by Brian Stephens

August 21, 2015

Horse Pucky

Today I used profanity at the office. This isn't entirely uncommon to those who work with me. It's decidedly unprofessional, but it's nonetheless a part of working with me. I've...

by Brian Stephens

August 14, 2015

Pro Proactive

Ah, change. An aspect of life that is inescapable, yet the cause of so much loathing, anxiety, and‚Ä¶ advice. I think there are probably more pithy Internet graphics with one-liners...

by John Harrington

USAC Maintains Strong Pace of Decisions

This week, USAC issued its 11th FY2015 funding wave. Funding commitments have been averaging almost $100 million per week. This puts FY2015 well ahead of the pace in FY2013 and...