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DEC 20, 2000 · POLICY & FCC

SLD Formally Adopts Relaxed Policy on Service Provider Changes

The Schools and Libraries Division formally announced Dec. 21 that it will now be reviewing E-rate applicants' requests for service provider changes under relaxed criteria that the Federal Communications Commission approved last March in the...

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December 2000

DEC 20, 2000 SLD Formally Adopts Relaxed Policy on Service Provider Changes Policy & FCC DEC 19, 2000 SLD Makes Slight Modification in Eligible Services List Policy & FCC DEC 18, 2000 Congress Imposes Filtering Requirement on E-rate Recipients Policy & FCC DEC 17, 2000 GAO Recommends that SLD Tighten Review of Applications, Invoices PIA & reviews DEC 13, 2000 Six USAC Board Members Appointed Governance DEC 6, 2000 SLD to Distribute Payment Summary News

November 2000

NOV 30, 2000 SLD Announces It’s Wrapping Up Year 3 Waves Funding windows NOV 26, 2000 SLD Specifies Two More Key Dates for Filing Window Funding windows NOV 21, 2000 SLD Says It Can Go No Lower on Internal Connections News NOV 19, 2000 SLD Posts More Changes in Eligible Services List Policy & FCC NOV 16, 2000 SLD Commits Another $15.3 Million for Year 3 Funding windows NOV 2, 2000 Year Four Filing Window to Close Jan. 18, 2001 Funding windows NOV 2, 2000 SLD Approves Another $3.6 Million in Commitments Funding windows NOV 1, 2000 FCC Extends Year 2 Installation Deadline for Certain Applicants Policy & FCC NOV 1, 2000 SLD Says Year 4 Applicants Must Use New Form Funding windows

October 2000

OCT 29, 2000 Year Two Payment Paperwork Is Due Nov. 20 Funding windows OCT 26, 2000 SLD Releases Wave 26 Funding windows OCT 23, 2000 States Vary Widely in their Success with the E-rate Program Funding windows OCT 19, 2000 SLD Distributes 129 More Funding Letters Funding windows OCT 16, 2000 SLD Publishes Modified Eligible Services List Policy & FCC
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At Long Last – The Applications

12/11/1997 - The long-awaited application forms for the federal government The long-awaited application forms for the federal government's E-rate program are finally being mailed to the schools and libraries that will have to complete them....

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