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August 28, 2002

SLD Releases New Guidance on Priority One “End-to-End Service”

In response to requests from a wide range of E-rate stakeholders, the Schools and Libraries Division has posted additional guidance regarding "On-Premise Priority One Equipment for End-to-End Service."

August 15, 2002

SLD to Provide New Information on BEAR Approval

The Schools and Libraries Division has announced that it will begin providing additional information to applicants concerning their BEAR forms.

August 15, 2002

USAC Provides Summary Details of E-rate Beneficiary Audits

The Universal Service Administrative Company August 16 provided a summary of what it said were its outside auditors’ observations after conducting 41 beneficiary audits of the E-rate program’s first three...

SLD Approves $38 Million in Commitments

The Schools and Libraries Division announced that on August 13 it will distribute another 470 letters with $38 million in E-rate funding commitments for the 2002 funding year. That brings...

USAC Advises FCC on Undisbursed E-rate Funding

The Universal Service Administrative Company reported Aug. 2 that it can make available $724.5 million worth of undisbursed E-rate funds from the 1999 and 2000 Funding Years to help

IBM Tops List of 2002 Funding Requests

IBM tops the list of companies with the most at stake in the 2002 E-rate funding year, according to an analysis by the consulting firm Funds For Learning, LLC, of...

SLD Releases Another $45 Million in Commitments

The Schools and Libraries Division announced July 26 that it was releasing another $45 million worth of funding commitments for telecommunications services and Internet access for the 2002 funding year.

SLD Provides Projection for 90 Percent Applicants

Schools and Libraries Division chief George McDonald said July 22 that the SLD currently projects that it will be able to fund 77 percent of the total of eligible internal...