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January 9, 2003

SLD Releases Another $25.9 Million for 2002 Funding Year

The Schools and Libraries Division announced Jan. 10 that it would be releasing another $25.9 million worth of funding commitments for the E-rate program's 2002 funding year.
Applicant Funding Commitments FY 2002 Service Provider USAC
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January 5, 2003

Deadline Approaching for Completing 2001 Paperwork

Service providers are reminded that Jan. 28, 2003 is the deadline, in most cases, for submitting payment paperwork associated with internal connections projects for the 2001 E-rate funding year (Year...
Dates and Deadlines Forms Funding Commitments FY 2001 Internal Connections Service Provider USAC
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December 26, 2002

SLD Commits $76.9 Million in Wave 19

The Schools and Libraries Division announced that on December 30 it will distribute another $76.9 million worth of funding commitments for the 2002 E-rate funding year in 157 letters to...
Applicant Funding Availability Funding Commitments FY 2002 SLD USAC
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December 18, 2002

Company Officials Arrested on E-rate Fraud Charges

Federal prosecutors in New York City arrested the owner of Connect2 Internet Networks Inc. and several company employees December 18 on federal criminal charges of fraud and obstruction of justice.
DOJ and Legal Program Violations Service Provider USAC
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December 18, 2002

SLD Posts New Allocation Guidelines for File Servers

The Schools and Libraries Division has posted new instructions to E-rate applicants on how they are expected to allocate the costs of file servers between eligible and ineligible functions.
Applicant Eligible Services How to Apply Service Provider USAC
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December 12, 2002

SLD Commits Another $15.7 Million for 2002 Funding Year

The Schools and Libraries Division said December 14 that it will commit another $15.7 million worth of 2002 E-rate commitments.
Applicant Funding Commitments FY 2002 Service Provider USAC
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December 12, 2002

FCC Adopts Interim Measures to Maintain Universal Service Fund

The Federal Communications Commission announced December 13 that it had adopted interim measures to ensure the "near-term sustainability" of the Universal Service Fund.
FCC USAC
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December 10, 2002

SLD Posts New Advisory on Description of Services Documents

The SLD has just posted additional information describing its expectations for the kind of information that E-rate applicants should be prepared to submit as part of the Description of Services...
Applicant Application Process Form 471 Forms USAC
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