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Additional $20 Million in ECF Support Committed

On March 1, 2023, the FCC announced it is committing over $20 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program. The funding commitments supports applications...

February Appeal Decisions Released by FCC

On February 28, 2023, 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...

February 24, 2023

Come See Us at CoSN2023!

We are excited to be gearing up for the Consortium for School Networking’s 2023 conference, which will be held in Austin, Texas March 20-23. A valuable resource for K-12 ed-tech...

by Brian Stephens

February 24, 2023

Last Chance for FY2023 Procurement

The last day that an FCC Form 470 may be filed to start the procurement process for Funding Year 2023 while allowing the required 28 days for competitive bidding is...

by Brian Stephens

February 22, 2023

Strong Pace for Funding Year 2023

At the halfway mark for the Funding Year 2023 application filing window applicants nationwide had certified 8,542 Forms 471, more than 17% more certifications than in the past two Funding...

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)...