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Regular and Appeal Funding Wave for FY2009 Released

Funding Wave 14 for the 2009 Funding Year was released this week. In this wave, almost $24 million in E-rate funding was committed to 514 applicants across the country. This...

Remaining FCC Commissioner Positions Confirmed

The US Senate voted Friday to confirm the nominations of Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell as Commissioners to the FCC. These confirmations filled the slate of five Commissioners.

by Brian Stephens

What is an “approved E-rate vendor”?

Here at FFL World Headquarters, we get a lot of mail.¬† Some of it is good, some not so much, and some of it is just plain confusing.

by Scott Weston

DISD FRNs Cancelled Following DoJ Settlement

As a follow-up to our news story about the Dallas Independent School District and the Department of Justice reaching a settlement agreement last month, we noticed that Dallas' 2007 Internal...

FCC Initiates Debarment Proceedings Against Two Individuals

The FCC has suspended and begun debarment proceedings against two individuals related to criminal convictions associated with illegal activity and the E-rate program. In separate matters, Andre J. Hornsby and...

by Scott Weston

Internal Connections Equipment Transfers

Over the last few weeks, Funds For Learning has received a number of questions about when and how the transfer of eligible Internal Connections should take place when the three-year...

Guilty Plea in FBI E-rate Investigation

According to a Department of Justice release, Mary Jo LaDuron of Leavenworth, Kansas has entered a guilty plea to making false statements related to an FBI investigation of a conspiracy...

by Scott Weston

Surviving an E-rate Audit

The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) has a great article on their site written by Tim Landeck which outlines some very practical advice for surviving an E-rate audit....