E-rate News

UEI Requirement Starts May 12

On April 12, 2023, USAC issued a News Brief indicating that the previously announced Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) requirement for FCC Forms 498 will go into effect on May 12,...

Invoicing Moves to EPC Soon

On April 6, 2023, USAC issued a special edition news brief announcing that the transition of BEAR and SPI forms to the E-rate Productivity Center “is expected to occur in...

ECF Deadline Waiver Requested

On April 5, 2023, the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) submitted a request to the Federal Communications Commission for a waiver...

FY2023 E-rate Applicant Survey

Your feedback is important. Please take the survey today! It is available here. How have recent events impacted your organization’s technology plans? How important is E-rate funding to your organization?...

March Appeal Decisions Released by FCC

On March 31, 2023, the FCC issued its monthly Public Notice deciding several requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration related to actions taken by USAC. The...

Additional $2.8 Million in ECF Support Committed

On March 30, 2023, the FCC announced it is committing over $2.8 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program. The funding commitments supports applications...

$2.94 Billion Requested for FY2023

On March 29, 2023, the Universal Service Administrative Company submitted their annual demand estimate to the Federal Communications Commission. Based on “applications received on or before March 28, 2023,” USAC...

E-rate FY2023 PIA Form 471 Procedures Approved

On March 28, 2023, the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau notified USAC that their E-rate FY2023 Program Integrity Assurance (PIA) Review Procedures have been approved. In part, the letter noted, “…the...