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FCC Provides More Detail on Possible E-rate Reform Order

FCC Chairman Wheeler has circulated an E-rate reform proposal to the other Commissioners with the goal of having the Order voted on during the July 11, 2014 Open Meeting...

ISTE 2014

Meet face-to-face with Funds For Learning staff at the ISTE 2014 conference in Atlanta, GA, June 28 through July 1.

by John Harrington

Giving Schools a Voice

Over the past 17 years, I have been fortunate to witness, firsthand, a revolution in classroom communication ‚Äì a revolution lead by voice communications, also known as telephony...

FFL Shares Insight on E-rate Demand and 2014 Survey to FCC

FFL provided detailed analysis of E-rate applicant out-of-pocket expenses, estimates on demand for Priority Two funding, and the results from the survey of E-rate applicants which FFL recently conducted...

SLD Provides Form 471 Product Report to FCC

The SLD provided a report to the FCC detailing specific products and services that were requested on Form 471s from FY 2012 and FY 2013...

FCC OIG to Provide E-rate Program Reform Recommendations

The OIG plans to offer the FCC recommendations to reform the E-rate program and will provide a "vulnerability assessment/risk analysis" that will be released next reporting period...

by Peter Kaplan

SLD Reminds Applicants about Filing Form 486 Early

According to a Funds For Learning analysis, 5,521 FY 2014 applicants have already had their Form 486 processed totaling $384.1 million worth of commitments...

by Candy Miller

The Last Frontier

I am an Alaskan. When I share with others that I grew up in Alaska I would get questions like, "Did you live in an igloo?" and "Did you take...