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September 9, 2010

FY2010 – Funding Wave 016

On September 8, USAC issued the sixteenth wave of funding year 2010, committing over $28.5 million on over 1,500 requests. In total, USAC has approved over $1.19 billion in E-rate...

September 7, 2010

Deadline Approaching for Internal Connection Projects

Applicants that received commitments for internal connection projects for FY 2009 should be mindful of the impending deadline to complete these projects. Internal connection projects for FY09 must be delivered...

September 3, 2010

FCC Sets Tentative E-rate Broadband Order Release Date

The FCC tentatively announced that they will release their long-anticipated E-rate Broadband Order at their September 23 open meeting.¬† Earlier this summer the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rule...

September 1, 2010

FY2010 – Funding Wave 015

USAC issued the fifteenth wave of funding year 2010, committing over $26 million on 1,466 requests. In total, USAC has approved over $1.16 billion in E-rate funding commitments since the...

August 31, 2010

Universal Service Payments Go Exclusively Electronic

Starting today, all Universal Service payments must be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT). Any vendor that failed to provide an updated Form 498 to USAC will have their payments...

August 25, 2010

FY2010 – Funding Wave 014

USAC issued the fourteenth wave of funding year 2010, committing over $32 million on 1,756 requests. In total, USAC has approved over $1.1 billion in E-rate funding commitments since the...

by Peter Kaplan

August 24, 2010

Are You Getting an Early Start?

In any given funding year, approximately 35,000 Form 470s are filed. As a general rule, most of those 470s are posted in between early October and mid-January. However, it appears...

by Alex Fugairon

August 20, 2010

Is this the End of Auditcations?

USAC recently announced its new Payment Quality Assurance Program or PQA. The PQA program will allow USAC to conduct off-site "paper audits" to determine whether or not any improper payments...