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FFL Shares Insight on E-rate Demand and 2014 Survey to FCC

FFL provided detailed analysis of E-rate applicant out-of-pocket expenses, estimates on demand for Priority Two funding, and the results from the survey of E-rate applicants which FFL recently conducted...

SLD Provides Form 471 Product Report to FCC

The SLD provided a report to the FCC detailing specific products and services that were requested on Form 471s from FY 2012 and FY 2013...

FCC OIG to Provide E-rate Program Reform Recommendations

The OIG plans to offer the FCC recommendations to reform the E-rate program and will provide a "vulnerability assessment/risk analysis" that will be released next reporting period...

by Peter Kaplan

SLD Reminds Applicants about Filing Form 486 Early

According to a Funds For Learning analysis, 5,521 FY 2014 applicants have already had their Form 486 processed totaling $384.1 million worth of commitments...

by Candy Miller

The Last Frontier

I am an Alaskan. When I share with others that I grew up in Alaska I would get questions like, "Did you live in an igloo?" and "Did you take...

by John Harrington

FY 2014 Demand Analysis: Part 4 – Looking for Trends within the Trends

Applicants with more sites and more students generally pay less per student, regardless of their location or E-rate discount rate. Similarly, single schools and small school districts have the highest...

Revised Cost Allocation Regulations Effective July 14, 2014

The FCC published the revised cost allocation guidelines in the Federal Register, indicating the effective date of the rules will be July 14, 2014...

SLD Announces Fall 2014 Applicant Training Dates

The SLD will hold eight training events for E-rate applicants in the fall of 2014...