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September 1, 2010

FY2010 ‚Äì Funding Wave 015

USAC issued the fifteenth wave of funding year 2010, committing over $26 million on 1,466 requests. In total, USAC has approved over $1.16 billion in E-rate funding commitments since the...

August 31, 2010

Universal Service Payments Go Exclusively Electronic

Starting today, all Universal Service payments must be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT). Any vendor that failed to provide an updated Form 498 to USAC will have their payments...

August 25, 2010

FY2010 ‚Äì Funding Wave 014

USAC issued the fourteenth wave of funding year 2010, committing over $32 million on 1,756 requests. In total, USAC has approved over $1.1 billion in E-rate funding commitments since the...

by Peter Kaplan

August 24, 2010

Are You Getting an Early Start?

In any given funding year, approximately 35,000 Form 470s are filed. As a general rule, most of those 470s are posted in between early October and mid-January. However, it appears...

by Alex Fugairon

August 20, 2010

Is this the End of Auditcations?

USAC recently announced its new Payment Quality Assurance Program or PQA. The PQA program will allow USAC to conduct off-site "paper audits" to determine whether or not any improper payments...

August 18, 2010

FY2010 ‚Äì Funding Wave 013

USAC issued the thirteenth wave of funding year 2010, committing over $38 million on 1,752 requests. In total, USAC has approved over $1.1 billion in E-rate funding commitments since the...

August 16, 2010

News You Need: Payment Quality Assurance Program

In order to minimize the required efforts of applicants and avoid the on-site visits associated with audits, USAC has implemented the Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) Program. USAC is utilizing the...

August 13, 2010

FCC Appeal Orders Address Several Items

The Federal Communications Commission recently released Appeal Orders stemming from the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries. While the number of Orders issued by the Commission was rather small,...