E-rate News

February 28, 2007

SLD Commits $20 Million in Wave 45 FY 2006; Released FY 2006 Appeal Wave

The SLD released wave 45 for FY 2006 committing $20 million and notifying 32 applicants and 76 service providers about the status of their FY 2006 applications. Approximately $4 million...

February 22, 2007

SLD Commits $6 Million in FY 2006

The SLD this week released a small funding wave committing nearly $6.2 million and notifying 37 applicants and 118 service providers about the status of their FY 2006 requests. The...

February 21, 2007

Congressional Update: Anti-Deficiency Act

Last week the President signed the appropriations continuing resolution which will keep the federal government funded through the end of 2007. The continuing resolution did contain a provision to exempt...

February 15, 2007

SLD Releases Small FY 2006 Funding Wave; FY 2006 and FY 2002 Appeal Waves

The SLD released wave 43 for FY 2006 committing $4.6 million of which $2 million was for priority two applications. The SLD has committed $1,771,006,045 and has $965,113,394 pending in...

February 13, 2007

Incorrect RAL Information Sent to Applicants

Over 8,000 Receipt Acknowledgement Letters (RALs) with incorrect information were sent out to applicants. This was due to a programming error which has now been corrected. The SLD reported that...

February 11, 2007

Another Telecom Owner Convicted of Defrauding E-rate Program

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) reported on February 9 that a Texas jury convicted Rafael Adame, former president and owner of ATE Tel Solutions, of submitting fraudulent E-rate invoices...

February 7, 2007

SLD Releases 2005 and 2006 Funding Waves

The SLD released funding wave 42 for FY 2006 committing over $38.5 million. Close to $13 million was committed for priority two requests. In FY 2006 the SLD has committed...

February 6, 2007

Form 471 Window Extended One Day

The SLD has been experiencing technical difficulties and their "Apply Online" feature has been down for a good portion of the day. In order to be accommodating to last minute...