E-rate News

January 17, 2007

USAC Lowers FY 2005 Discount Threshold to 80%

This week the SLD released wave 66 for FY 2005 notifying 1418 applicants and 718 service providers about the status of their 2005 requests. The SLD committed close to $174...

January 9, 2007

FY 2007 Form 471s Now Available in E-rate Manager

Funding Year 2007 Form 471s are now available in E-rate Manager. Applicants have requested approximately $71 million to date. Historically $3.5 to $4 billion is requested annually which means that...

January 9, 2007

SLD Releases Small 2006 Funding Wave

The SLD released wave 38 for FY 2006 notifying 35 applicants and 78 service providers about the status of their 2006 applications. Nearly $2 million was committed. As of this...

January 7, 2007

Universal Service Legislation Introduced

Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) introduced a comprehensive Universal Service reform bill (H.R. 101: Universal Service for Americans Act) that mirrors the legislation that that he introduced last year. Last year...

December 21, 2006

U.S. DoJ Reports 2006 Enforcement Actions; Include E-rate

The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) continues to investigate waste, fraud and abuse within the E-rate program and is working closely with the FCC and USAC.

December 20, 2006

USAC Recommends to FCC to Commit Priority Two Requests at 86% Discount Threshold for FY 2006

The USAC Schools and Libraries Committee held a non-quarterly board meeting this week and recommended to the FCC that USAC start funding priority two requests at 86% and above.

December 13, 2006

Dallas Independent School District Wins FCC Appeal

The FCC overturned another USAC decision this week as they continue to issue applicant friendly decisions. In this case the Dallas ISD was denied funds in 2004 because USAC believed...

December 12, 2006

Former President and Owner of ATE Tel Solutions Inc. Indicted on Wire Fraud

The US Department of Justice reported that a federal grand jury in Texas returned an indictment alleging that the former president and owner of ATE Tel Solutions Inc., submitted fraudulent...