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USAC to Begin Issuing Priority Two Commitments Soon

USAC has reported that it should begin issuing FY 2008 commitments for 90% discount requests in the Priority Two categories within a few weeks. This information was shared with attendees...

SLD Commits $640 Million in Advance of Funding Year

The latest round of funding decisions for FY 2008 brings the total committed to just over $640 million. This week's wave is the ninth since the SLD began issuing funding...

Additional $600 Million Available for FY 2008

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered that approximately $600 million in unused funds from previous years be rolled into the pool of available funding for the 2008 funding year which...

More FY 2007 Commitments Issued

Forty-one applicants in nine states received funding commitment decisions this week about requests for E-rate discounts for the current funding year. Commitments totaling $13.6 million were issued by the SLD...

Howe Electric Pleads Guilty to E-rate Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Howe Electric, Inc plead guilty to bid rigging and has agreed to pay $3.3 million in criminal fines and restitution. The E-rate projects...

FY 2008 Commitments Reach $600 Million

The eighth funding wave for the upcoming E-rate year brings the total of commitments to over $613 million. The 2008 funding year, which starts on July 1, 2008, will be...

Fifteen Arkansas Applicants Granted FCC Relief

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted appeals filed by the State of Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS) on behalf of 15 E-rate applicants for FY 2004 and 2005 Form...

SLD Announces Tentative Schedule for Applicant Training

The Universal Service Administrative Company today announced the locations of applicant E-rate training sessions for the fall. This calendar is considered tentative until final arrangements for facilities and dates have...