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January 13, 2009

How the Obama Technology Plan Will Affect E-rate

Part of President-elect Obama’s plan for technology includes Universal Service reforms and a commitment to bring ‘next generation broadband’ to schools and libraries. The plan, which covers a wide array...

by Scott Weston

January 13, 2009

Obama’s FCC Pick is a Good Sign for E-rate

This week, President-elect Obama named Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski is generally well regarded by the telecom industry and does have experience within the FCC, which...

by Scott Weston

January 11, 2009

Messing Up a Form 470 (Six Great Tips)

The Form 470 posting deadline is this Thursday, if you want to be able to use the service provider selected on your Form 471 for Funding Year 2009. Anyone who's...

by Alexandra Fugairon

January 8, 2009

How Do You Tie Your Shoelaces?

One of the more challenging aspects of working within the E-rate program is trying to translate some of the bureaucratic double-talk that comes out of the agencies responsible for E-rate...

by John D. Harrington

January 6, 2009

The New Administration in Washington, DC

It's a new year and there's a new administration coming to Washington. I've been hearing a lot of questions about how this may impact the E-rate. President-elect Obama has stated...

January 5, 2009

Funding Waves Resume With $61 Million in Commitments

This week, the SLD resumed issuing funding for Funding Year 2008 with a wave for 622 applicants across the country. This wave, the 33rd of the year, includes $31.5 million...

January 1, 2009

Federal-State Joint Board Releases Report

The Federal Communications Commission announced today the release of the Federal-State Universal Service Board’s Monitoring Report on Universal Service. This report provides general information about the telephone industry that has...

December 28, 2008

OIG Issues Corrections to Report to Congress

The Federal Communications Commission Office of Inspector General has issued a revision to its semi-annual report to Congress which corrects data reported related to audit findings of E-rate applicants.