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by Peter Kaplan

Invoice Deadline Extension Arrives Unexpectedly

The E-rate program has many deadlines of which applicants and service providers should be aware. For example, the Form 471 filing window changes each year, installation deadlines are based on...

The Making of a Rollover: Underutilized Funding Requests

In his Digital Learning Day address, FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler created quite a buzz by announcing an additional $2 billion in E-rate support for broadband networks in the next two...

Second Bout of Denial Waves, Third largest

USAC‚Äôs decision to deny all Priority Two funding requests for Funding Year 2013 continues to prove historic with today‚Äôs bout of denials. Amounting to more than 634.2 million dollars, today‚Äôs...

House Passes FCC Process Reform Bill

On March 12, 2014 the House of Representatives passed the "Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013" which includes a provision to extend the Universal Service Fund (USF) from...

FCC Approves FY2014 PIA Procedures

On March 7, 2014, the FCC notified the SLD that they have approved the FY 2014 Program Integrity Assurance Procedures (PIA). This FCC action leads the way for the SLD...

by Ta'Chelle Jones

E-rate Applicant Success Profile: Western Heights Public Schools

Most things E-rate usually end up boiling down to numbers. For Western Heights, the numbers may tell a different story than you might expect. Eight‚Äîthe number of schools in the...

FCC Reveals Proposed E-rate Program Updates For Funding Year 2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today issued a Public Notice revealing E-rate program reform actions under consideration by the agency. Changes are slated for Funding Year 2015. Planning begins this...

USAC Denies all FY2013 P2 Funding Requests

The realization of the FCC‚Äôs historic decision to deny all Priority Two funding requests for an entire funding year arrived today with the largest denial wave ever seen in Funds...