E-rate News

November 30, 2006

FCC’s Office of Inspector General Identifies over $11 Million in Improper Payments

The FCC’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) submitted its Semiannual Report to Congress (April 1-September 30, 2006) detailing their audit findings over the last six months. The FCC OIG’s office...

November 21, 2006

SLD Commits Another $68 Million in Funding Year 2006

This week the SLD released Funding Wave 31 in FY 2006 committing a total of $68 million with $34 million for priority two requests. The SLD notified over 500 applicants...

November 20, 2006

USAC Board Nominations Sought

The FCC is seeking seven nominations for the USAC Board of Directors whose terms are going to expire December 31, 2006. The seven open positions include representatives for:

November 14, 2006

Impact of the November 2006 Election on the E-rate Program

Now that the elections are over you may find yourself wondering how the new political and legislative landscape will impact the E-rate program. The outlook remains bright and schools and...

November 8, 2006

USAC Highlights Administrative Procedures

The FCC’s Fifth Report and Order directed USAC to submit to the Commission a list summarizing “all current USAC administrative procedures”. These procedures highlighted are not rules explicitly laid out...

November 7, 2006

USAC Issues Quarterly Report

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

November 2, 2006

SLD Releases 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006 Funding Waves

The SLD released several funding waves this week. The following is a summary of the commitments:

October 29, 2006

Consortium FCC decisions in 2006

To date in 2006, the FCC has released two decisions addressing consortia and acceptable evidence of authority to represent consortium members. The first case was released May 26, 2006. In...