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November 2, 2022

Additional $183 Million in ECF Support Announced

On November 2, 2022, the FCC announced it is committing nearly $183 million in new funding rounds through the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program. The Commission noted that, the funding...

November 2, 2022

Cost Projections for 1st Quarter 2023

On November 2, 2022, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) released their Quarterly Report with projections for the first quarter of 2023. USAC projects a consolidated operating and capital budget...

November 2, 2022

Commitment Adjustment and Recoveries Coming to ECF

On November 2, 2022, USAC announced that the functionality, similar to E-rate, to issue Commitment Adjustments (COMADs) and Recoveries of Improperly Disbursed Funds (RIDFs) notifications for the Emergency Connectivity Fund...

November 2, 2022

USAC Seeks Board Approval to Open Filing Window in January

On October 24, 2022, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Schools & Libraries Committee held its quarterly board meeting. During the meeting, USAC proposed that the Board approve the opening...

October 31, 2022

October Appeal Decisions Released by FCC

On October 31, 2022, the FCC issued its monthly Public Notice deciding several requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration related to actions taken by USAC. The...

by Brian Stephens

October 28, 2022

Early Procurement at Four Year High

As of October 27, 2022, applicants nationwide had filed 2,020 FCC Forms 470 to start the E-rate competitive bidding process for Funding Year 2023. Representing an almost a 40% increase...

by Brian Stephens

October 28, 2022

ECF Payments Break $2B Threshold

On October 21, 2022, USAC processed the tenth batch of reimbursement requests for the Emergency Connectivity Fund, approving more than $110M in payments for ECF BEAR and SPI payment requests...

by Brian Stephens

October 25, 2022

$137M in Jeopardy

October 28, 2022 is an important date – it is the invoice deadline for almost 23,000 E-rate funding requests from Funding Years 2018 through 2021. As of October 25, 2022,...