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January 29, 2006

SLD Denies Two Funding Year 2002 Requests

On January 24th the SLD sent letters to two applicants notifying them that their 2002 funding requests have been denied.

January 26, 2006

BearingPoint Reports 702 Site Visits Completed During First Year

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) hired BearingPoint to conduct day trips to 1000 applicants per year. Applicants should regard these visits as “mini-audits” because these visits can trigger further...

January 25, 2006

SLD Commits Another $28 Million in Funding Year 2005

The SLD committed $28 million this week while denying close to $23 million in Funding Wave 31. Close to $7.8 million was committed for internal connections and $6 million for...

January 19, 2006

Funding Year 2006 Form 470 Application Posting Deadline Passes

More than 1,000 Form 470 applications were posted to the Schools and Libraries Division's website on January 19, which was the last effective date to post a Form 470 for...

January 15, 2006

Tougher SLD Invoicing Review Standards

Starting January 16 the SLD will deny BEARs (Form 472) based on a variety of clerical errors. In the process of trying to speed up invoicing, the SLD has acknowledged...

January 8, 2006

SLD Committed $14 million in Wave 28 for Funding Year 2005

The SLD committed over $14 million in Funding Year 2005 last week notifying close to 300 applicants and over 350 service providers about the status of their 2005 requests. Only...

January 4, 2006

Historical E-rate Trends Report

The Federal-State Joint Board of Universal Service recently released its annual monitoring report which details various trends in universal service related issues. The report highlights the E-rate application process which...

January 3, 2006

Copps and Tate Sworn in as FCC Commissioner; Lisa Zaina Resigns as CEO of USAC

Michael Copps was sworn in for a second five year term which runs through June 30, 2010. He has served as Commissioner since 2001. Deborah Tate was also sworn in...