E-rate News

USAC Submits FY2021 Demand Estimate to FCC

On March 26, 2021, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) submitted their annual estimate of demand letter for Funding Year 2021. USAC estimated a total demand of $3.03 billion, with...

USAC Publishes Semi-Annual Audit Report

On March 31, 2021, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) submitted their Semi-Annual Audit Recovery Report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As required by the FCC’s Fifth Report and...

March Appeal Decisions Released by FCC

On March 31, 2021, the FCC issued its monthly Public Notice deciding a number of requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration related to actions taken by...

FCC Approves FY2021 PIA Procedures

On March 25, 2021, the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau notified USAC that their FY2021 Program Integrity Assurance Procedures (PIA) have been approved. This action is one step toward USAC being...

FCC Announces FY2021 Funding Cap

On March 19, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Public Notice announcing the inflationary adjustments to the funding caps in the E-rate and Rural Health Care funding programs. The...

FCC Starts Homework Gap Rulemaking Process

On March 16, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Public Notice seeking comment on the application process for funds made available by the COVID-19 relief bill signed into law...

Proposed 2nd Qtr 2021 Contribution Factor

On March 12, 2021, the FCC released the proposed contribution factor for the second quarter of 2021 at 33.4 percent. The contribution factor requires telecommunications companies to pay a percentage...

COVID Relief Bill Includes $7.1B for E-rate

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. Included in the legislation is the creation of...