E-rate News

November 8, 2013

FY 2012 Invoicing Deadline Reminder

As USAC previously announced, Funding Year 2012 invoice deadlines have automatically been extended for one year. The invoice deadline for FY 2012 recurring services has been moved from Oct.28, 2013...

November 1, 2013

USAC Releases Quarterly Report: $400 Million for Possible Rollover

On November 1, 2013, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) released their quarterly report for the first quarter of 2014. The Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) estimates that they have...

October 31, 2013

Senate Approves FCC Nominations

On October 29, 2013 the Senate approved Thomas Wheeler to be the next Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman. Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has been Acting Chairman since May 2013 when Julius...

October 28, 2013

USAC Approves Recommendation to Deny FY2013 Priority Two at 89% and Below

On October 28, 2013, the USAC Schools and Libraries Committee voted to deny FY 2013 priority two applications at 89% and below. It typically takes the FCC a few weeks...

October 22, 2013

FCC Releases FY2014 Eligible Services List

On October 22, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission released an Order finalizing the Eligible Services List for Funding Year 2014 and authorizing USAC to open the Funding Year 2014 Form...

October 18, 2013

November 8 Revised Deadline Set for NPRM

The FCC has released further information on filing deadlines due to the recent government shut down. The FCC website was down during this period which prevented parties from being able...

October 17, 2013

Anti-Deficiency Act Exemption Extension

On October 17, 2013, the federal government opened back up for business after an agreement was reached that extended federal funding until January 15th. As part of the deal, the...

October 17, 2013

Update on the October 16th NPRM Reply Comment Deadline

October 16th was the deadline to file reply comments to the E-rate Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM). The NPRM asked for comments across all aspects of the E-rate program...