E-rate News

NextiraOne Fined $4.6 Million For Defrauding E-rate Program

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that NextiraOne defrauded the E-rate program and was ordered to pay criminal fines and restitution. The FCC will soon start suspension procedures against...

USAC School and Libraries Committee Held Quarterly Meeting; FY 2005 Funding Discount Threshold Lower

On April 24th the USAC SL Committee held its quarterly board meeting. It was reported that the FCC approved the SLD funding priority two requests at the 86% discount rate...

SLD Announces First Funding Year 2006 Funding Wave; SLD Releases Another 2005 Funding Wave

This week the SLD announced that on April 26 more than $126 million of funding will be committed in the first wave for Funding Year 2006. If released on that...

SLD Releases FY04-05 Funding Waves; Hurricane Katrina Affected Schools Receive FY05 Committments

On April 12th the SLD committed $22,532,878.51 in Wave 43 for the 2005 Funding Year, which brings the total committed amount to $1,519,490,056 with $993,962,288 still pending. Approximately $253 million...

FCC Grants Another Waiver Request

Recently, the FCC has been willing to be flexible with their regulations and grant waiver requests. The latest example is the waiver of the Commission rule that schools and libraries...

USAC Releases Semi-Annual Audit Recovery Report; 2005 Annual Report

USAC recently submitted their Semi-Annual Audit Recovery Report to the FCC, highlighting any outstanding audit activities that are at least six months old. The report summarizes audit related recoveries as...

House Universal Service Reform Bill Introduced

Representatives Terry (R-NE) and Boucher (D-VA) have introduced Universal Service Reform legislation (H. R. 5072) in order to strengthen the program and ensure its continued viability. This is the second...

Three More Hurricane Katrina Affected Schools Receive 2005 Commitments

The SLD notified 1,262 applicants and 770 service providers of the status of their 2005 funding commitments this week in Wave 41. The SLD committed $29,624,218.68 with $20,384,474.04 going for...