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DEC 27, 2004 · POLICY & FCC

Bush Signs Law to Restore Normal E-rate Funding

President Bush took the final step necessary to enable the E-rate program to resume its previous practices for approving funding commitments, signing into law a measure that will exempt the Universal Service Administrative Company from having to...

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December 2004

DEC 27, 2004 Bush Signs Law to Restore Normal E-rate Funding Policy & FCC DEC 20, 2004 FCC and SBC Enter Into E-rate Consent Decree Policy & FCC DEC 19, 2004 The Pace of Form 470 Postings: A Funds For Learning Analysis Funding windows DEC 15, 2004 Schools and Libraries Committee Takes Action on 2004 Internal Connections Threshold Governance DEC 13, 2004 Filing Window Opens for E-rate Applications for 2005 Funding windows DEC 13, 2004 SLD Implements Tool to Ease Issuance of FCC Registration Numbers Policy & FCC DEC 12, 2004 FCC Inspector General Updates State of E-rate Reviews PIA & reviews DEC 8, 2004 Judge Rejects Inter-Tel E-rate Plea Agreement Compliance DEC 8, 2004 Last-Minute Congressional Manuevering Clears E-rate Accounting Measure Policy & FCC DEC 7, 2004 Congress Adjourns Before Addressing E-rate Accounting Rules Policy & FCC DEC 5, 2004 FCC Chairman Calls on Congress to Pass Anti-Deficiency Act Exemption Policy & FCC DEC 5, 2004 SLD Issues Large Priority One Wave for 2004 Funding windows DEC 2, 2004 Schools and Libraries Still Await Word on 80 Percent of Requested E-rate Dollars Funding windows DEC 1, 2004 FCC Implements ‚ÄòRed Light’ Display System Compliance

November 2004

NOV 21, 2004 SLD Resumes Issuing Funding Commitment Letters for 2003 Funding windows NOV 21, 2004 USAC Retains BearingPoint to Perform E-rate Site Visits Policy & FCC NOV 21, 2004 Congress Recesses Before Passing E-rate-Related Provision Policy & FCC NOV 17, 2004 Legislation Introduced to Ease E-rate Funding Concerns Policy & FCC NOV 4, 2004 2005 E-rate Filing Window to Close February 17 Funding windows NOV 2, 2004 USAC to Resume Issuing Funding Commitment Decision Letters Funding windows

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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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