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by John Harrington

E-filing – And Then Came the Internet

Last week, Funds For Learning¬Æ proposed a new e-filing standard to help modernize the E-rate program. E-filing would allow E-rate applicants to submit their paperwork electronically without having to go...

Verizon Provides E-rate Customer Broadband Analysis

On April 30, 2014, Verizon provided the FCC with a data analysis on the broadband connectivity of their customers. They obtained information from the Form 471 Block 5 information as...

FCC Creates E-rate Modernization Data Webpage

On April 30, 2014, the FCC announced that they created a webpage designed to be an encyclopedia of the E-rate data that was filed as part of Docket 13-184...

USAC Schools & Libraries Committee Meeting Notes

On April 28, 2014, the USAC Schools & Libraries Committee held their Quarterly Board Meeting. The Committee discussed the following issues: The Board approved the 3rd Quarter 2014 Schools and...

FFL Proposes Standards for E-rate E-Filing

In support of E-rate reform efforts, Funds For Learning has developed and submitted a proposal to the FCC for the adoption of third-party electronic filing and data transfer standards. Similar...

by Micah Rigdon

Breaking Down Reply Comments to the FCC

The reply comment time period ended on April 21st for the FCC‚Äôs current "Focused Comment on E-rate Modernization" Public Notice. In all, E-rate stakeholders submitted 144 reply filings to the...

Funds For Learning and E-rate Reform Coalition Reply Comments

Funds For Learning has submitted further comments for the E-rate 2.0 public record, in direct response to the March 6, 2014 FCC Public Notice which sought additional comments from stakeholders...

by Verlyne Jolley

Learning to Work Together

Recently my children have been taking their online student assessment testing. Like many parents in Oklahoma, I was concerned to learn that testing in my children‚Äôs school district was suspended...