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Additional Web Hosting Services Now Eligible for E-rate Discounts

The SLD has announced that it now considers intranet web hosting as eligible for E-rate discounts, beginning with FY 2009 applications. As part of this change in E-rate eligibility, USAC...

by Peter Kaplan

Forecasting the FY 2009 Discount Threshold

Each spring, Funds For Learning receives questions from many E-rate stakeholders about where we expect the Priority Two discount threshold will be for the upcoming funding year. This year is...

USAC Issues March Semi-Annual Audit Recovery Report

On March 31st USAC submitted their Semi-Annual Audit Report to the FCC for their review. Based on the FCC's Schools and Libraries Fifth Order the report must summarize the status...

USAC Releases 2008 Annual Report

USAC released its annual report to the Federal Communications Commission and Congress which details their activities, expenses and spotlights various performance measures.

MI School Official Sentenced to 46 Months

A former assistant superintendent of Ecorse Public Schools, Michigan, has been sentenced to serve 46 months in jail after pleading guilty to mail and bank fraud charges in a scheme...

i-SAFE, Inc. Receives Earmark Related to E-rate

Within the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act that was signed into law on March 11, 2009, is an earmark to i-SAFE, Inc. of Carlsbad, California. The $300,000 earmark, requested by Congressman...

by John D. Harrington

How will you be audited for CIPA compliance next year? It’s anyone’s guess.

It's been six months since the "Broadband Data Improvement Act" (part of which includes the "Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act") was signed into law, but the FCC has...

SLD Issues 44th Wave of FY 2008

The SLD issued a funding wave this week totaling $11.2 million in commitments and $17.2 million in reductions or rejections. This brings the total amount of funding committed for the...