E-rate News

February 5, 2006

FCC Sides With Twelve Louisiana Parish School Districts

The SLD denied funding to 12 Louisiana school districts for the 2002 funding year because the "applicant did not comply with state procurement law". In a February 3rd, 2006 appeal...

February 5, 2006

First E-rate Reform Legislation Introduced

Now that the 1996 Telecommunications Act is celebrating its tenth anniversary, Members of Congress are beginning to review whether or not specific provisions need updating. Over the next year Congress...

January 31, 2006

USAC Issues Quarterly Report

USAC filed its quarterly report to the FCC and revealed that they still project $365 million from previous years that can be rolled over into future funding years. This estimate...

January 29, 2006

SLD Denies Two Funding Year 2002 Requests

On January 24th the SLD sent letters to two applicants notifying them that their 2002 funding requests have been denied.

January 26, 2006

BearingPoint Reports 702 Site Visits Completed During First Year

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) hired BearingPoint to conduct day trips to 1000 applicants per year. Applicants should regard these visits as “mini-audits” because these visits can trigger further...

January 25, 2006

SLD Commits Another $28 Million in Funding Year 2005

The SLD committed $28 million this week while denying close to $23 million in Funding Wave 31. Close to $7.8 million was committed for internal connections and $6 million for...

January 19, 2006

Funding Year 2006 Form 470 Application Posting Deadline Passes

More than 1,000 Form 470 applications were posted to the Schools and Libraries Division's website on January 19, which was the last effective date to post a Form 470 for...

January 15, 2006

Tougher SLD Invoicing Review Standards

Starting January 16 the SLD will deny BEARs (Form 472) based on a variety of clerical errors. In the process of trying to speed up invoicing, the SLD has acknowledged...