E-rate News

FCC Approves FY 2012 PIA Procedures

On April 24, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission approved USAC's Program Integrity Assurance (PIA) FCC Form 471 Review Procedures, dated December 9, 2011. The approval of the SLD's PIA procedures,...

USAC Reports $400 Million Available for Rollover

On April 26th 2012, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) released their quarterly report for the third quarter of 2012. In the report, USAC states that they have established "...a...

USAC Approves Lower FY2011 Priority Two Threshold

On April 23, 2012, the USAC Schools and Libraries Committee approved the SLD's recommendation to begin making funding commitments for FY 2011 Priority Two applications at the 89% discount level....

FY 2012 Demand Estimate Exceeds $5 Billion

On April 20, 2012, USAC released their FY 2012 demand estimate. For only the second time in the E-rate program's 15 year history, the total demand for discounts on eligible...

USAC Website to be Unavailable March 20-22

On March 17, USAC announced that their website, including "static pages, Submit a Question, Apply Online, and search functions" will be unavailable from 8:00 pm EDT on Thursday, April 19...

USAC to Launch New Website

On April 9, USAC announced that they will be launching a newly designed website. The new site is scheduled to be available on April 16, and USAC has provided two...

USAC Releases Semi-Annual Recovery Report

On March 30, 2011, USAC submitted their Semi-Annual Audit Report to the Federal Communications Commission. As required by the FCC's Fifth Report and Order, USAC must submit a semi-annual report...

USAC Releases 2011 Annual Report

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) has released its 2011 Annual Report. Among the goals of the Annual Report is to provide the Federal Communications Commission and Congress details about...