E-rate News

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...

SLD Releases $73 Million 2005 Funding Wave

Last week the SLD released wave 40 for Funding Year 2005. This was the first wave in which the SLD funded priority two (internal connections and basic maintenance) requests down...

SLD Releases 2006 Demand Estimate

The SLD announced today that the 2006 demand estimate is $3.55 billion based on 39,416 Form 471s received or postmarked before February 16. The total demand decreased by almost $100...

Hurricane Katrina Affected School Receives 2005 Commitment

The SLD notified over 170 applicants and 270 service providers the status of their 2005 funding requests this week in Wave 39. The SLD committed $25.98 million, with $2.67 million...

SLD Approves 2005 Internal Connections down to the 88% Discount Level

The SLD announced today that starting with Wave 40, they will be approving Internal Connections and Basic Maintenance requests down to 88% but do not have the funds available to...