E-rate News

October 31, 2007

USAC Submits Administrative Procedures to FCC

USAC has submitted detailed information about the procedures in place to administer the E-rate program. In the FCC's Fifth Schools and Libraries Report and Order, USAC was directed to submit...

October 31, 2007

FCC Grants Thriteen Appeals

The FCC has granted 13 appeals of decisions made by USAC denying E-rate applicants funding on the grounds that their funding requests were canceled unintentionally or erroneously. The affected applications...

October 28, 2007

SLD Officially Announces Window Dates

The SLD today officially announced the opening and closing dates of the E-rate Funding Year 2008 Form 471 filing window. The filing window will open at noon Eastern Time on...

October 22, 2007

Funding Year 2006 Requests and Commitments

In a follow up report to our Funding Year 2007 Requests per Student, we look at requests and commitments per student by state. Read the Article

October 21, 2007

USAC Approves Form 471 Filing Window for Funding Year 2008

At its quarterly board meeting held at USAC headquarters in Washington, DC, USAC today approved the opening and closing dates of the E-rate Form 471 application filing window for Funding...

October 18, 2007

FCC Authorizes FY 2008 Filing Window Opening, Eligible Services List

Today the Federal Communications Commission authorized USAC to open the E-rate Funding Year 2008 Form 471 Application filing window to open on November 7,2007. This move allows USAC to begin...

October 18, 2007

SLD Starts to Deny Applicants Due to “2-in-5 Rule”

This week over 500 E-rate applicants and 500 service providers were notified about the status of their FY 2007 applications. The SLD released FY 2007 funding wave 24 committing nearly...

October 14, 2007

FCC Seeks Seven USAC Board Members

The FCC is looking for nominations for seven USAC Board Member Positions.¬†