E-rate News

FCC Reveals Proposed E-rate Program Updates For Funding Year 2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today issued a Public Notice revealing E-rate program reform actions under consideration by the agency. Changes are slated for Funding Year 2015. Planning begins this...

USAC Denies all FY2013 P2 Funding Requests

The realization of the FCC's historic decision to deny all Priority Two funding requests for an entire funding year arrived today with the largest denial wave ever seen in Funds...

FCC Releases Public Notice on FCC Process Reform

On February 14, 2014, the FCC released a Public Notice designed to improve the efficiency in which the FCC operates. There are over 150 recommendations for process reform that cover...

February 28, 2014

Funds for Learning and the E-rate Reform Coalition Meet with FCC Staff

Funds for Learning and the E-rate Reform Coalition met with Wireline Competition Bureau staff on February 25, 2014, to discuss the future of the E-rate program. Coalition members stated their...

February 27, 2014

FCC Approves SLD Recommendation to Deny All FY 2013 Priority Two Applications

The FCC has authorized USAC to deny all FY2013 Priority Two funding requests. As reported by USAC, the FCC on February 24 approved a USAC recommendation to deny requests for...

February 26, 2014

FY2014 Form 470 Deadline Today

Today is the last date that E-rate applicants can post a FY2014 Form 470. In order to be compliant with the competitive bidding rules, applicants need to be able to...

February 21, 2014

FCC Denies 17 Applicants Due to 60-Day Appeal Violation

On February 20, 2014, the FCC released a Report & Order in which they did not grant waivers to 17 applicants who failed to appeal their adverse funding decisions within...

February 14, 2014

Service Providers Begin to Receive PQA Requests

The SLD has recently started sending Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) notices to E-rate service providers. While the PQA Program had historically been for the applicant community, now service providers are...