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USAC / SLD News and Announcements
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January 28, 2008 |
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In its Site Visit Quarterly Board Report to USAC, BearingPoint provides a summary about the 65 Outreach and 6 HATS (Helping Applicants To Succeed) Site Visits it conducted for the E-rate program during the final quarter of 2007. The report indicates that Site Reviewers noticed "...fewer issues related to documentation retention..." than in the past. |
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Funding Waves
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January 23, 2008 |
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Commitments increased this week as the Schools and Libraries Division released the 35th funding wave for Funding Year 2007. The wave, which was released on January 22nd, affected 102 applicants and 170 service providers. |
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Funds For Learning Analysis
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January 18, 2008 |
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Over 30,000 Form 470 applications were posted to the SLD's website between July 1, 2007 and January 10, 2008, according to an analysis by Funds For Learning. These forms, which were designated as "2008" applications, are the beginning of the procurement process for the upcoming E-rate year which begins on July 1, 2008. |
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Funding Waves
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January 18, 2008 |
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This week the SLD committed $105 million in Wave 34 for FY 2007. Over $54 million was for priority two services all at the 83% and above discount rates. |
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FCC News and Announcements
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January 03, 2008 |
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Each year the FCC releases the Universal Service Monitoring Report prepared by the Federal-State Universal Service Join Board. The Monitoring Report highlights trends and statistics from the four Universal Service programs including the E-rate. |
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Congressional News and Announcements
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December 20, 2007 |
The Congressional session has ended and there are two important Universal Service and E-rate related issues that were included in the final appropriations bill that was sent to the President this week. Congress extended the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) exemption for the E-rate program for another year until December 31, 2008.
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FCC News and Announcements
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December 13, 2007 |
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The FCC has granted 13 appeals where USAC found that consortia leaders did not follow proper SLD guidance regarding letters of agency, or LOAs. The FCC found that in each instance the petitioner did provide evidence of authority to apply for E-rate discounts on behalf of the consortium members and are remanding the applications back to the SLD for further processing. |
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Funding Waves
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December 12, 2007 |
The SLD committed $13.6 million in wave 32 for FY 2007 notifying 184 applicants and 255 service providers about the status of their applications. Nearly $4 million was for priority two requests and the SLD is currently funding priority two requests at the 83% threshold.
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USAC / SLD News and Announcements
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December 12, 2007 |
USAC released an RFP for operational support for the Rural Healthcare and Schools and Libraries Program. Solix currently is the contractor that handles the support for those programs.
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FCC News and Announcements
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December 04, 2007 |
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The FCC Office of Inspector General (OIG) released their Semi-annual Report to Congress which covers their activity from April 1 through September 30th. The OIG has continued to ask for more than $20 million in order to hire more auditors, attorneys and information technology specialists to support their Universal Service oversight responsibilities. This covered all four Universal Service Fund programs, including E-rate. |
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