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$17.45 Million Committed This Week

USAC issued wave 047 for FY 2008 on April 14, which includes a total of $17.45 million in commitments and $4.44 million in reductions or rejections. As with the past...

FCC Issues Appeal Decisions Regarding Competitive Bidding Regulations

The FCC released appeal decisions affecting 70 applications from 1999 through 2008 involving the E-rate competitive bidding and procurement regulations. The FCC granted 39 and denied 31 appeals and they...

by Alexandra Fugairon

Review of the Albert Lea Area Schools FCC Decision

Yesterday, the FCC issued the latest wave of appeal decisions affecting appeals filed from Funding Years 1999-2008. In its Order, the FCC granted thirty-nine appeals and denied thirty-one. This la

by Scott Weston

Applicants, Speak Up!

Today, Funds For Learning is launching its second nationwide survey of E-rate applicants. Just like last year, we invite any E-rate applicant to take part in the survey. Go to...

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.