E-rate News

Additional $37M in ECF Support Committed

On April 19, 2022, the FCC announced that it has committed an additional $37 million in its thirteenth wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program support. According to the FCC, this...

FFL Discusses E-rate Competitive Bidding

On April 14, 2022, Funds For Learning (FFL) met with the FCC to discuss the current E-rate competitive bidding process. FFL stated the existing E‐rate competitive bidding rules should not...

Rosenworcel Responds to Congress on Changes to E-rate

On April 7, 2022, FCC Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, sent a letter to four members of Congress in response to their letter, dated March 11, 2022, asking the FCC to take...

FCC Grants Requests for Waiver on Late Filing of Form 471

On April 11, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted fifteen requests for waiver of the Commission rules regarding late filing of Forms 471 for funding years 2018 and 2019...

FCC Announces Transition from DUNS to UEI for SAM.gov

On April 6, 2022, the FCC announced a transition from the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) for SAM.gov effective April 4, 2022. In...

FY2022 E-rate Applicant Survey

Your feedback is important. Please take the survey today! It is available here. How have recent events impacted your organization’s technology plans? How important is E-rate funding to your organization?...

Bidding Analysis Presented to FCC E-rate Team

On March 30, 2022, Funds For Learning (FFL) met with the FCC to discuss a recently completed study on the efficacy of the E-rate competitive bidding process. Some of FFL...

Public Notice Announcing Third ECF Window Effective April 4

On April 4, 2022, the Public Notice announcing the third application filing window for the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program was published in the Federal Register by the FCC. The...