E-rate News

February 10, 2021

Cybersecurity Petition Filed with FCC

On February 8, 2021, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) along with five other industry groups filed a Petition for Declaratory Relief and Petition for Rulemaking with the Federal Communications...

February 5, 2021

Senators Support E-rate Remote Learning

On February 4, 2021, U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) sent an open letter to FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel calling on the FCC “to take...

February 5, 2021

Cost Projections for 2nd Quarter 2021

On January 29, 2021, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) released their Quarterly Report with projections for the second quarter of 2021. USAC projects a consolidated operating and capital budget...

January 29, 2021

Jan. Appeal Decisions Released by FCC

On January 29, 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...

January 27, 2021

Remote Learning Petition Filed with FCC

On January 26, 2021, a Petition for Declaratory Ruling was filed with the Federal Communications Commission requesting that “the off-campus use of E-rate-supported services to enable remote learning” be considered...

January 22, 2021

Form 471 Bulk Upload Templates Updated

On January 22, 2021, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) updated the “bulk upload” templates used for importing funding request information into Funding Year 2021 Form 471 applications. Use of...

January 22, 2021

Rosenworcel Named Acting FCC Chairwoman

On January 21, 2021, President Biden designated current Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission. Rosenworcel became a Commissioner in 2012, and will be the second...

January 15, 2021

Funding Year 2021 Application Window Opens

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) opened the Funding Year 2021 application filing window at noon Eastern time on January 15, 2021. Within the first four hours of the window...