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by Verlyne Jolley

E-rate Reform Updates for the Week of March 17th

E-rate Reform activity continues to move forward. In a speech on March 17, 2014, to the Council of Chief State School Officers Legislative Conference, Chairman Wheeler announced that a special...

by John Harrington

Schools Need Support, Not Priorities

The FCC's eligible service list (ESL) sets the parameters for the goods and services that will qualify for E-rate support. Each and every year, the FCC solicits, receives, and considers...

No Blanket Invoice Deadline Extension for FY2013

The extension of invoicing deadlines for thousands of FY2013 funding commitments is an error in the SLD system, not an actual approved change. As previously reported, the SLD's system is...

by Peter Kaplan

Invoice Deadline Extension Arrives Unexpectedly

The E-rate program has many deadlines of which applicants and service providers should be aware. For example, the Form 471 filing window changes each year, installation deadlines are based on...

The Making of a Rollover: Underutilized Funding Requests

In his Digital Learning Day address, FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler created quite a buzz by announcing an additional $2 billion in E-rate support for broadband networks in the next two...

Second Bout of Denial Waves, Third largest

USAC's decision to deny all Priority Two funding requests for Funding Year 2013 continues to prove historic with today's bout of denials. Amounting to more than 634.2 million dollars, today's...

House Passes FCC Process Reform Bill

On March 12, 2014 the House of Representatives passed the "Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013" which includes a provision to extend the Universal Service Fund (USF) from...

FCC Approves FY2014 PIA Procedures

On March 7, 2014, the FCC notified the SLD that they have approved the FY 2014 Program Integrity Assurance Procedures (PIA). This FCC action leads the way for the SLD...