E-rate News

SLD Commits $11.3 Million More in FY 2006

The SLD notified 14 service providers and 6 applicants about the status of their FY 2006 applications. The SLD released funding wave 60 for FY 2006 committing $11.3 million of...

SLD Releases FY 2005 and FY 2007 Funding Waves; More Appeal Waves

This week the SLD committed $24.3 million in FY 2007 and funded $1.8 million in FY 2005 projects. Approximately $4 million in priority two requests were funded this week for...

FCC Releases FY 2008 Draft Eligible Services List

The FCC released the FY 2008 draft Eligible Services List. This enables all E-rate stakeholders to file comments and suggestions to the FCC before the list is finalized. Here are...

SLD Commits $391 Million in Wave 12 for FY 2007

The SLD notified 4265 applicants and 1892 vendors about the status of their FY 2007 E-rate requests committing $391 million while denying $100 million. The SLD committed $71.8 million for...

USAC Recommends Funding 83 Percent for FY 2007

The USAC Schools and Libraries Committee held its quarterly meeting today in which they recommended reviewing and approving Priority Two requests with discount rates down to the 83 percent level...

SLD Commitments Reach $500M for Funding Year 2007

This week the SLD issued Wave 11 for FY 2007 committing over $11 million.¬† The SLD did not include any denials in this funding wave.¬† To date the SLD has...

SLD Starts to Deny FY 2006 Priority Two Requests at 85% Discount Rate

The SLD released two FY 2006 funding waves and one FY 2007 funding wave this week. On June 8th the USAC Schools and Libraries Committee recommended to the FCC that...

USAC Looking for Independent Accounting Firm to Conduct Further E-rate Oversight

This week USAC issued an RFP for an independent contractor to conduct more oversight and auditing activities of schools and libraries. The scope of work includes: