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by Ta'Chelle Jones

E-rate Applicant Success Profile: Western Heights Public Schools

Most things E-rate usually end up boiling down to numbers. For Western Heights, the numbers may tell a different story than you might expect. Eight‚Äîthe number of schools in the...

FCC Reveals Proposed E-rate Program Updates For Funding Year 2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today issued a Public Notice revealing E-rate program reform actions under consideration by the agency. Changes are slated for Funding Year 2015. Planning begins this...

USAC Denies all FY2013 P2 Funding Requests

The realization of the FCC's historic decision to deny all Priority Two funding requests for an entire funding year arrived today with the largest denial wave ever seen in Funds...

USAC Service Provider Call Notes – March 2014

USAC's Schools and Libraries Division hosts monthly service provider conference calls, providing information and guidance for vendors participating in the E-rate program. Highlights from March 5, 2014 service provider call...

FCC Releases Public Notice on FCC Process Reform

On February 14, 2014, the FCC released a Public Notice designed to improve the efficiency in which the FCC operates. There are over 150 recommendations for process reform that cover...

February 28, 2014

Funds for Learning and the E-rate Reform Coalition Meet with FCC Staff

Funds for Learning and the E-rate Reform Coalition met with Wireline Competition Bureau staff on February 25, 2014, to discuss the future of the E-rate program. Coalition members stated their...

by Cathy Cruzan

February 28, 2014

Supporting Applicants’ Needs, Not Defining Them

Efficiently and accurately communicating information within a school or library -- and externally sharing it with the community -- is of ever-growing importance. But deploying new communications tools and services...

by Brian Stephens

February 28, 2014

Funding Year 2014 Forms 470, Part 1: Pace of Filings

It's that time of the year once again: another Form 470 deadline has come and gone. In total, E-rate applicants across the country filed 35,124 Forms 470 for Funding Year...