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February 26, 2008

$15.5 Million Committed in Latest Funding Wave

On Tuesday, the SLD released the 39th wave of funding decisions for E-rate Funding Year 2007. In this wave, 40 E-rate applicants in 20 states were notified about the status...

February 24, 2008

FCC Gives USAC Further “Pattern Analysis” Guidance

Last week the FCC sided with Send Technologies and eight of their customers in Louisiana who were denied E-rate funds from FY 2002-2004 because of a perceived competitive bidding violation. ...

February 19, 2008

SLD Issues FY 2007 Funding Decisions

The SLD just announced $18 Million in E-rate funding commitments for applicants in Funding Year 2007. According to the latest E-rate Funding Decisions Report issued by Funds For Learning, 96...

February 11, 2008

SLD Releases FY 2006 Funding Wave

On February 6, 2008, the SLD released a wave featuring $2.3 Million in approved requests for Funding Year 2006. This wave also includes almost the same amount in reductions and...

February 11, 2008

SLD Releases FY 2005 Wave, FY 2003 Appeal Wave

The SLD released two funding waves on Monday, February 11, 2008 totaling $3.5 Million in commitments. The Funding Year 2005 wave covered a dozen applicants from American Samoa, New Jersey,...

February 10, 2008

Additional $22.2 Million Approved for 2007

The Schools and Libraries Division approved over $22 Million in Funding Year 2007 discounts on February 7. This brings the total amount committed for FY 2007 to $1.93 Billion. In...

February 4, 2008

FCC FY 2009 Budget Requests Additional Universal Service Oversight Resources

This week the President submitted his FY 2009 budget requests to Congress outlining his federal spending priorities.¬† Funds For Learning analyzed the budget in terms of E-rate impact.¬† This coming...

February 3, 2008

USAC Issues Quarterly Report; Reports $450 Million Available for Future Use

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) reported to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that approximately $450 million is now available from Funding Years FY 2002-2004 for future use. On June...