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by John Harrington

December 5, 2014

The E-rate Funding Cap: Meeting the Need

We spend a lot of time looking at tables of E-rate funding information to discern the underlying trends and factors. These impact our clients and the overall health and welfare...

December 5, 2014

E-rate Manager Two-step Authentication Feature

As many organizations have learned, protecting account data and login information on the Internet must be a primary concern...

December 4, 2014

USAC Service Provider Webinar Notes ‚Äì December 2014

USAC's Schools and Libraries Division hosts monthly webinars, providing information and guidance for vendors participating in the E-rate program. Highlights from the December 3rd, 2014 service provider webinar include...

by Peter Kaplan

November 25, 2014

Caution: Experience and Risk

Administrators and educators who handle E-rate work often have many responsibilities, but the many E-rate deadlines are critical...

by John Harrington

November 21, 2014

Balancing a (Bigger) E-rate Budget

This week, FCC Chairman Wheeler circulated a plan to raise the annual E-rate funding cap by $1.5 billion. This would result in a total of $3.9 billion available each year...

November 20, 2014

FCC Announces E-rate Item on December Open Meeting Agenda

On November 20, 2014 the FCC released the tentative agenda for the December FCC Open Meeting. The FCC will consider a Second Report and Order to help close the "school...

November 20, 2014

USAC to Release FY 2015 Form 470

On November 20, 2014 the FCC announced in the Federal Register that the OMB approved the changes to the FY 2015 Form 470.

November 19, 2014

FCC Reminder of Modified Appeal Requirements

On November 17, 2014 the FCC released a Public Notice to remind any Universal Service Fund participant and vendor that appeals must be submitted to USAC first before an aggrieved...