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January 4, 2016

FCC Releases 2015 USF Monitoring Report

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently released the annual Universal Service Monitoring Report prepared by the Federal-State Universal Service Joint Board. The Monitoring Report highlights trends and statistics from the...

December 24, 2015

NYC Fined $3 Million, Forfeits $1.5 Billion

The New York City Department of Education settled a long-standing investigation into management of its E-rate funds by agreeing to pay a $3 million fine to the U.S. Treasury and...

December 21, 2015

USAC Estimates $1.9B Available For FY16 Rollover

On December 21, 2015, USAC filed a Submission for the Record with the Federal Communications Commission estimating that $1.9 billion from prior Funding Years is available for carry-forward to FY2016....

by Peter Kaplan

December 19, 2015

2015 E-rate Year in Review

2015 was a year of many firsts: the first Form 471 filing window of the reformed E-rate; the first Wave #001 funding for internal connections; USAC‚Äôs first attempt at the...

December 18, 2015

USAC Provides FY2016 Filing Window Update

On December 18, USAC issued a Special Edition News Brief containing an update from Vice President Mel Blackwell stating that the FY2016 Form 471 filing window "will open no earlier...

by Nick Shipley

December 16, 2015

A Long Time Ago On A Site Visit Far, Far Away

Let me be the 1,209,487th person to remind you that Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens opens this week. If you haven‚Äôt heard about it, please share your secret...

by John Harrington

December 11, 2015

Voice Service, Data Switches, Wi-Fi Lead in 470s

Filing a Form 470 serves as a notification to vendors that a school or library is interested in receiving discounted goods and services. To date, approximately 5,600 Form 470s have...

by John Harrington

December 11, 2015

Educating Students Takes Center Stage in DC

The monumental challenge of educating our nation‚Äôs students received two very important boosts this week. First was the signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This new law replaces...