E-rate News

January 27, 2008

Applicants Improving on Meeting Document Retention Requirements

In its Site Visit Quarterly Board Report to USAC, BearingPoint provides a summary about the 65 Outreach and 6 HATS (Helping Applicants To Succeed) Site Visits it conducted for the...

January 22, 2008

SLD Releases $20.3 Million in Funding Year 2007 Commitments

Commitments increased this week as the Schools and Libraries Division released the 35th funding wave for Funding Year 2007. The wave, which was released on January 22nd, affected 102 applicants...

January 17, 2008

SLD Releases FY 2007 Funding Wave

This week the SLD committed $105 million in Wave 34 for FY 2007. Over $54 million was for priority two services all at the 83% and above discount rates.

January 2, 2008

FCC Releases USF Monitoring Report

Each year the FCC releases the Universal Service Monitoring Report prepared by the Federal-State Universal Service Join Board. The Monitoring Report highlights trends and statistics from the four Universal Service...

December 19, 2007

Universal Service Issues Included in Final Appropriations Bill

The Congressional session has ended and there are two important Universal Service and E-rate related issues that were included in the final appropriations bill that was sent to the President...

December 16, 2007

Funding Year 2007 Average Applicant

In this article, Funds For Learning calculates averages for many metrics of all applicants nationwide Read the Aricle

December 12, 2007

FCC Releases Letter of Agency Order

The FCC has granted 13 appeals where USAC found that consortia leaders did not follow proper SLD guidance regarding letters of agency, or LOAs. The FCC found that in each...

December 11, 2007

SLD Releases FY 2006 and 2007 Funding Waves

The SLD committed $13.6 million in wave 32 for FY 2007 notifying 184 applicants and 255 service providers about the status of their applications. Nearly $4 million was for priority...