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December 10, 2002

SLD Posts New Advisory on Description of Services Documents

The SLD has just posted additional information describing its expectations for the kind of information that E-rate applicants should be prepared to submit as part of the Description of Services...
Applicant Application Process Form 471 Forms USAC
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December 5, 2002

FCC Inspector General Reports on Potential E-rate Abuses

The FCC's Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its semi-annual report December 6, providing new information about its ongoing investigations of the E-rate program and a tough warning about the...
DOJ and Legal FCC
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December 2, 2002

SLD Announces Rejection of Sizable Number of 2002 Applications

The SLD announced December 3 that it has begun denying a "sizable" number of 2002 applications associated with "a particular service provider" because they were not consistent with FCC rules...
Applicant Competitive Bidding FY 2002 FY 2003 Procurement Service Provider USAC
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December 2, 2002

Adelstein Sworn in as FCC Commissioner

Jonathan Adelstein was sworn in December 3 as a member of the Federal Communications Commission, the first time in 15 months that the commission has had its full complement of...
FCC
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December 1, 2002

SLD Releases $96 Million More in Funding Commitments

The Schools and Libraries announced that it will distribute another $96 million worth of funding commitments for the 2002 funding year on December 2 in 211 letters to school and...
Applicant Funding Commitments FY 2002 Service Provider USAC
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December 1, 2002

SLD Extends E-rate Filing Window By Three Weeks

The Schools and Libraries Division announced December 2 that it will extend the application filing window for the 2003 E-rate funding year for three weeks-to 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday,...
Applicant Application Process Filing Window FY 2003 Service Provider USAC
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November 24, 2002

SLD Posts Stern Warnings on Vendor Involvement

The Schools and Libraries Division has just posted stern new warnings to E-rate applicants about potential application missteps in a new prominent and simple format on the front of its...
Applicant Application Process Competitive Bidding Procurement Service Provider USAC
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November 14, 2002

SLD Releases Another $42.5 Million in Commitments

The Schools and Libraries Division has announced the release of another $42.5 million worth of commitments for the 2002 funding year, bringing the total committed so far to $1.459 billion.
Applicant Funding Commitments FY 2002 Service Provider USAC
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