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Answers for Your E-rate Questions

Funds For Learning is hosting a free webinar for E-rate applicants on April 8th at 3:00 p.m. Eastern ‚Äì just in time for your last-minute questions about the new E-rate...

USAC Service Provider Webinar Notes ‚Äì April 2015

USAC‚Äôs Schools and Libraries Division hosts monthly service provider conference calls, providing information and guidance for vendors participating in the E-rate program. Highlights from the April 1, 2015 service provider...

USAC Releases Semi-Annual Audit Report

On March 31, 2015, USAC submitted their Semi-Annual Audit Report to the Federal Communications Commission...

USAC Releases 2014 Annual Report

USAC has released its 2014 Annual Report, which provides the FCC and Congress details about USAC activities, expenses, and performance measures regarding its management of the Universal Service Fund programs,...

FCC Approves FY 2015 PIA Procedures

The FCC has notified USAC that the FY 2015 PIA Procedures have been approved. This action leads the way for the USAC to begin approving the FY 2015 Form 471...

by Brian Stephens

Funding Year 2015 E-rate Eligibility Q&A

As E-rate consultants for applicants nationwide, we often encounter questions regarding the E-rate process. The following Q&A gives a sample of some of the recent questions that we have addressed...

FY 2015 Requested Amount Tops $1 Billion

E-rate applicants have requested $1.1 billion in funding for Funding Year 2015 as of March 27th, 2015. To date approximately 47% of the applicants which submitted a Form 471 for...

by Peter Kaplan

FY 2015 Application Review Process

As of March 24th, 2015, 11,197 schools and libraries have submitted their FY 2015 Form 471s to the USAC Schools and Libraries Division (SLD)...