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SLD Releases 2006 and 2007 Funding Waves; 2002-2005 Appeal Waves

This week the SLD released funding wave 2 and funding wave 3 for FY 2007 committing $117 million. To date the SLD has committed a total of $319 million and...

FCC Grants Another Applicant Friendly Decision and Seeks Public Comment

Today the FCC released the Brewster Academy Decision which remanded 27 appeals back to USAC for further processing.¬† In all 27 appeals the applicants used an incorrect Service Provider Information...

FCC Releases More Applicant Friendly Appeals

On Tuesday, May 8, 2007 the FCC released several appeal decisions favorable to the applicant community. The FCC also directed USAC to be more proactive in working with applicants in...

SLD Releases FY 2005 and 2006 Funding Waves; FY 2003-2006 Appeal Waves

This week the SLD committed $1.16 million in FY 2006 Wave 50 and $404,290 in FY 2005 wave 66E. The SLD has committed $1.9 billion in FY 2006 and has...

USAC Issues Quarterly Report

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) reported to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that approximately $650 million is still available from Funding Years 2001-2004 for future use. Based on the...

SLD Commits First FY 2007 Funding Wave

The SLD committed $202,492,127 notifying 6,121 applicants and 1,705 service providers about the status of their FY 2007 requests. The SLD did not send out any rejection letters this first...

SLD to Deny FY 2006 Priority Two Requests at 84% and Below

The SLD announced that in the next FY 2006 funding wave they will deny priority two requests at the 84% discount rate and below. This past week the SLD released...

FCC Chairman Requests Additional Resources for USF Oversight

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin testified in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government this week regarding the FCC’s FY 2008 budget request. The FCC is...