E-rate News

by Scott Weston

January 13, 2009

Obama’s FCC Pick is a Good Sign for E-rate

This week, President-elect Obama named Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski is generally well regarded by the telecom industry and does have experience within the FCC, which...

by John D. Harrington

January 6, 2009

The New Administration in Washington, DC

It's a new year and there's a new administration coming to Washington. I've been hearing a lot of questions about how this may impact the E-rate. President-elect Obama has stated...

January 5, 2009

Funding Waves Resume With $61 Million in Commitments

This week, the SLD resumed issuing funding for Funding Year 2008 with a wave for 622 applicants across the country. This wave, the 33rd of the year, includes $31.5 million...

January 1, 2009

Federal-State Joint Board Releases Report

The Federal Communications Commission announced today the release of the Federal-State Universal Service Board’s Monitoring Report on Universal Service. This report provides general information about the telephone industry that has...

December 28, 2008

OIG Issues Corrections to Report to Congress

The Federal Communications Commission Office of Inspector General has issued a revision to its semi-annual report to Congress which corrects data reported related to audit findings of E-rate applicants.

December 23, 2008

Sentencing in E-rate Fraud and Bribery Case

According to a press release issued by the US Department of Justice, a man has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of bribery and conspiring to bribe...

December 18, 2008

E-rate Administrators Commit $44 Million in Funding Year 2008

This week, the 32nd funding wave of Funding Year 2008 was released by the SLD. It includes $44 million in commitments to over 150 applicants across the country. This follows...

December 17, 2008

Eight Applicants Receive FY 2005 Funding Commitment Decision Letters

On December 17th the SLD released a FY 2005 funding wave committing $775,782.¬† This wave affected eight applicants and three service providers.¬† The SLD has committed over $2.1 billion in...