E-Rate Special Edition News Brief – October 10, 2022
October 11, 2022 Extended Delivery Deadline for Certain FY2020/FY2021 Funding Requests On September 19th, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) issued an order (DA 22-976), extending some Funding Year (FY) 2020 and 2021 E-Rate [...]
FCC Waives USF, Broadband Program Rules in Response to Hurricane Ian
On October 4, 2022, the FCC released Order DA 22-1063, waving certain E-Rate, Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), Rural Health Care, COVID-19 Telehealth, Lifeline, High Cost, and Affordable Connectivity Program rules and deadlines to assist [...]
FCC Waives USF, Broadband Program Rules in Response to Hurricane Fiona
October 3, 2022 On September 22, 2022, the FCC released an Order waiving certain E-Rate, Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), Rural Health Care, COVID-19 Telehealth, Lifeline, and Affordable Connectivity Program rules and deadlines to assist [...]
FCC Extends Service Delivery Deadline for Certain FY2020 and 2021 FRNs
September 20, 2022 On September 19, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released Order DA-22-976, granting a service delivery deadline waiver and extension for certain Funding Year 2020 and 2021 [...]
E-Rate News Brief – September 19, 2022
E-RATE TIPS: • FCC Form 470 and Competitive Bidding Webinar. USAC held a FCC Form 470/Competitive Bidding webinar on August 25 to discuss filing the FCC Form 470 and awareness about the competitive bidding process, [...]
E-Rate News Brief – July 21, 2022
E-RATE TIPS: • The FCC Form 470 for Funding Year (FY) 2023 is now available in the E-Rate Productivity Center (EPC). Applicants with long procurement cycles or applicants that have other reasons for starting their FY2023 competitive [...]
E-Rate News Brief – June 23, 2022
E-RATE TIPS: • FY2022 Invoicing Begins on July 1. After USAC has processed your FCC Form 486 you or your service provider can begin the process of invoicing USAC for the discounted share of costs for the approved eligible [...]
FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Proposes Making School Bus Wi-Fi Eligible for E-Rate
On May 11, 2022, speaking to The National Coalition for Technology in Education & Training Council (NCTET), FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced a proposal that would allow the use of E-Rate funding for Wi-Fi [...]
FCC Announces Additional 2020 E-Rate Application Window
On September 16, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission just announced the opening of a second funding year 2020 filing window to allow schools to request additional E-Rate funding specifically to address increased on-campus bandwidth needs. [...]
FCC Extends FY2020 471 Filing Window
Citing disruptions caused by COVID-19, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released an Order today directing USAC to extend the deadline for E-Rate applicants to submit their Funding Year (FY) 2020 [...]
FCC Releases Long-awaited C2 Budget Order
On December 3, 2019 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a long-anticipated Report and Order making significant changes to the Category Two Budget methodology that has been in place for the past five years. [...]
FCC Releases Monthly Appeal Decisions for July
On July, 31, 2019 the FCC released its monthly Public Notice containing its decisions related to requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration. The FCC granted appeals pertaining to the following issues: Considering All [...]
SLP 12/14/18 News Brief
Commitments for Funding Year 2018 Funding Year 2018. USAC released FY2018 Wave 36 Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) on December 14, 2018. As of December 14, FY2018 commitments total over $1.99 billion. On the date that [...]
FCC Releases Monthly Appeal Decisions
On November 30, 2018, the FCC released its monthly Public Notice containing its decisions related to requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration. The FCC granted appeals pertaining to the following [...]
FCC Releases FY 2019 Eligible Services List
On November 16, 2018, in Public Notice DA 18-1173 , the FCC released the Eligible Services List (ESL) for Funding Year (FY) 2019. Appendix A contains a list of commenters, and Appendix B contains the ESL [...]
SLD News Brief
NOTE: USAC will not issue an SL News Brief next Friday, November 23 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Also, the Client Service Bureau (CSB) will be closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23. Commitments [...]
E-Rate Special Edition News Brief – October 10, 2022
October 11, 2022 Extended Delivery Deadline for Certain FY2020/FY2021 Funding Requests On September 19th, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) issued an order (DA 22-976), extending some Funding Year (FY) 2020 and 2021 E-Rate [...]
FCC Waives USF, Broadband Program Rules in Response to Hurricane Ian
On October 4, 2022, the FCC released Order DA 22-1063, waving certain E-Rate, Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), Rural Health Care, COVID-19 Telehealth, Lifeline, High Cost, and Affordable Connectivity Program rules and deadlines to assist [...]
FCC Waives USF, Broadband Program Rules in Response to Hurricane Fiona
October 3, 2022 On September 22, 2022, the FCC released an Order waiving certain E-Rate, Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), Rural Health Care, COVID-19 Telehealth, Lifeline, and Affordable Connectivity Program rules and deadlines to assist [...]
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