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February 17, 2023

Tribal Applicant NPRM Adopted by FCC

On February 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a previously drafted Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at making “the E-Rate program easier for eligible Tribal applicants to encourage...

by Brian Stephens

February 16, 2023

Widespread Support for E-rate Cybersecurity

In response to its December 2022 request for comments regarding E-rate support for “advanced or next-generation firewalls” and other security services, E-rate stakeholders across the country showed tremendous support for...

February 16, 2023

UEI Requirement for Applicants Coming Soon

In its February 16, 2023 News Brief, USAC announced that starting in the second quarter of 2023, all E-rate applicants must have an active SAM.gov assigned Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)...

February 16, 2023

Additional $24 Million in ECF Support Committed

On February 15, 2023, the FCC announced it is committing over $24 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program. The funding commitments supports applications...

February 13, 2023

2022 USF Monitoring Report Released

On February 13, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission released the annual Universal Service Monitoring Report by the Federal-State Universal Service Joint Board. The Monitoring Report highlights trends and statistics from...

by Brian Stephens

February 10, 2023

Extended Invoice Deadline Rapidly Approaching

February 27, 2023 is the BEAR and SPI invoice deadline for more than 11,500 funding requests nationwide. As of February 10, there are $177.4M in committed funds that have not...

February 10, 2023

Waiver Reconsiderations Granted by FCC

On February 8, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission issued an Order on Reconsideration waiving the USAC appeal deadline for three E-rate applicants. Stating that the applicants had “mistakenly filed” by...

by Brian Stephens

February 10, 2023

Share Your Views on K-12 Cybersecurity Now

Schools and libraries, the E-rate program needs your help! The Federal Communications Commission has an open call for comments for the public on the topic of cybersecurity and the E-rate...