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February 26, 2014

FY2014 Form 470 Deadline Today

Today is the last date that E-rate applicants can post a FY2014 Form 470. In order to be compliant with the competitive bidding rules, applicants need to be able to...

by Peter Kaplan

February 21, 2014

FY 2014 Rules Will Not Change

The FY 2014 Form 471 filing window will close on March 26th. In the midst of this filing window, stakeholders are expecting the FCC to release another Public Notice seeking...

February 21, 2014

FCC Denies 17 Applicants Due to 60-Day Appeal Violation

On February 20, 2014, the FCC released a Report & Order in which they did not grant waivers to 17 applicants who failed to appeal their adverse funding decisions within...

February 21, 2014

T minus 33 days and Counting

The FY2014 E-rate filing window is scheduled to close on March 26, 2014. Applicants have another 33 days to submit their funding applications. Even though most applications have not yet...

by John Harrington

February 14, 2014

Unlimited funding for Internet Access? Sign me up!

Unlimited funding for Internet access and certain telecommunications services is being promoted by some within the education community as the solution to reforming the E-rate program. I admit that "no...

February 14, 2014

Service Providers Begin to Receive PQA Requests

The SLD has recently started sending Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) notices to E-rate service providers. While the PQA Program had historically been for the applicant community, now service providers are...

February 14, 2014

Average E-rate Discount Rate Up 8% since 1998

Analysis by Funds For Learning indicates that the average discount rate of schools seeking E-rate discounts has increased about 8% points since the program began. Based on Priority 1 funding...

February 7, 2014

USAC Board Makes Recommendation to Deny All FY 2013 Priority Two Applications

On February 7, 2014, the USAC Schools and Libraries Committee recommended that no priority two Form 471 applications be approved. It typically takes the FCC a few weeks to approve...