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 service implementation deadlines. Specifically, WCB extended the service implementation deadline an additional one year from September 30, 2022 to September [...]
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 participants and service providers, including Universal Service Fund contributors, located in the areas affected by Hurricane Ian, which struck Florida [...]
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 participants and service providers, including Universal Service Fund contributors, located in the areas affected by Hurricane Fiona, which struck Puerto [...]
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 funding requests with non-recurring service deadlines that expire on September 30, 2022. The full Order may be viewed here. [...]
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, which has started for Funding Year (FY) 2023. View the recording, webinar slides, and infographic. • For applicants who have received an extension [...]
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 bidding processes well in advance of the funding year, can now complete and certify this form. • Competitive Bidding/FCC Form 470 [...]
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 equipment and services. See the May 2022 E-Rate News Brief for tips on getting ready for invoicing. View the February 10, 2022 webinar [...]
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 on school buses to help close the Homework Gap. The proposed declaratory Ruling clarifies that use of Wi-Fi, or similar access [...]
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. During this second filing window, schools will be able to purchase additional bandwidth for this academic year to address needs [...]
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 Form 471 applications by an additional 35 days. E-Rate applicants will now have until Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 11:59 [...]
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