E-rate News

SLD Commits $391 Million in Wave 12 for FY 2007

The SLD notified 4265 applicants and 1892 vendors about the status of their FY 2007 E-rate requests committing $391 million while denying $100 million. The SLD committed $71.8 million for...

USAC Recommends Funding 83 Percent for FY 2007

The USAC Schools and Libraries Committee held its quarterly meeting today in which they recommended reviewing and approving Priority Two requests with discount rates down to the 83 percent level...

SLD Commitments Reach $500M for Funding Year 2007

This week the SLD issued Wave 11 for FY 2007 committing over $11 million.¬† The SLD did not include any denials in this funding wave.¬† To date the SLD has...

SLD Starts to Deny FY 2006 Priority Two Requests at 85% Discount Rate

The SLD released two FY 2006 funding waves and one FY 2007 funding wave this week. On June 8th the USAC Schools and Libraries Committee recommended to the FCC that...

USAC Looking for Independent Accounting Firm to Conduct Further E-rate Oversight

This week USAC issued an RFP for an independent contractor to conduct more oversight and auditing activities of schools and libraries. The scope of work includes:

SLD Releases FY 2005 and FY 2007 Funding Waves; More Appeal Waves

This week the SLD committed $17.6 million for FY 2007 and $966,710 for FY 2005.¬† To date the SLD has committed $475.2 million in FY 2007 and has $3.3 billion...

USAC’s Schools and Libraries Fall Training Schedule

USAC’s Schools and Libraries Division will conduct seven training sessions (1.5 days each) in September and October 2007. Registration is set to open on July 23, 2007.

House Includes More USF Oversight Resources to FCC

On June 28th the House passed the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2829) that funds the Federal Communications Commission. The bill would give the FCC authority to...