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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)...

by Micah Rigdon

FY 2015 E-rate Demand Analysis ‚Äì Mar 20th Update

As of March 18, 2015, the total amount that has been requested by E-rate applicants for Funding Year 2015 stands at just over $750 million...

by Micah Rigdon

FY 2015 E-rate Demand Analysis – Mar 20th Update

As of March 18, 2015, the total amount that has been requested by E-rate applicants for Funding Year 2015 stands at just over $750 million...

SHLB Releases Broadband Progress Report

The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) released a report detailing the progress of the FCC‚Äôs National Broadband Plan five years after its initial release...

Peter Taylor Named USAC CIO

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) has announced that Peter Taylor will be the new Vice President and Chief Information Officer...

by John Harrington

Early Analysis of FY 2015 E-rate Demand

Most applicants wait until the end of the filing window to send in their E-rate applications. In recent years, 86% of the total demand for E-rate funding was submitted during...

FY 2015 E-rate Filing Deadline Formally Extended

The Funding Year 2015 E-rate filing window has officially been extended to April 16, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. EDT...