E-rate Commentary

by Stephen Sharp

January 5, 2011

E-rate 2010: A Year in Review

From the shock wave that was the FCC Sixth Report and Order, to the introduction of electronic USAC payments, the E-rate program saw some substantial changes in 2010. E-rate stakeholders...

by Nicholas Shipley

January 3, 2011

When Life Imitates Art: Audit Pitfalls

You haphazardly toss the cardboard lid in the general direction of the file box you had spent the last hour searching. Hundreds of documents, thousands of pages, you continue to...

by Brian Stephens

December 6, 2010

The Real World‚Ä¶or Equivalent

You've seen this show on MTV, The Real World, right? They take a handful of overly attractive twentysomethings, put them up in a designer home in the hippest part of...

by Verlyne Jolley

November 16, 2010

Streamline?

With all the efforts to streamline the process for applicants, the FCC could have been more thoughtful with their timing on when the Form and subsequent changes would take place.

by Nicholas Shipley

November 11, 2010

Forms 471: Waiting Until the Day After Tomorrow

Oscar Wilde once said, "I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after." It appears that many E-rate applicants share this philosophy. A Funds For Learning...

by Verlyne Jolley

November 4, 2010

Appearances are Everything

One has to ask with the recent shift and focus of the USAC 2010 Fall Applicant Training sessions how often schools are bribed by service providers with the promise of...

by Brian Stephens

October 29, 2010

Do as I Say, Not as I Do

According to the parent of the Universal Service Administrative Company, unbundled warranties are not necessary to maintain "the degree of reliability ordinarily provided in the marketplace". Why, therefore, would the...

by Alex Fugairon

September 24, 2010

Historical Day for E-rate

On September 23, the FCC announced some of the most sweeping changes to the E-rate since the inception of the program. Out of the announcement emerged four major themes; providing...