E-rate Commentary

by Scott Weston

Changes are Coming – Some Sooner, Some Later

Along many other stakeholders, Funds For Learning attended the FCC meeting held Tuesday today unveiling the National Broadband Plan. The FCC made a number of recommendations regarding how the E-rate...

February 18, 2010

No More Wasting Valuable Broadband: The FCC Gets it Right

If you wanted to, you could do it at your public library. And now you can do it at your local elementary, middle or high school too. Access the Internet...

by Peter Kaplan

February 10, 2010

Timing of E-rate Reform

There have been several articles in the education industry press about Congressman Markey's E-rate 2.0 bill. The expansion of the Universal Service Fund to include schools and libraries took many...

by Scott Weston

February 8, 2010

An Additional 138 Forms 470 Are Potentially ‘In Play’

Since the Form 471 filing window has been extended by 8 days, so too has the de facto Form 470 deadline which was originally set for January 14.

by Peter Kaplan

February 7, 2010

It is Time to Increase the E-rate Funding Cap

Last fall Senator Rockefeller, who was one of the original authors of the E-rate program, encouraged the FCC adjust its rules to "accommodate the impact of inflation". He further stated...

by Scott Weston

January 6, 2010

Better Audits Around the Corner?

In its latest semiannual report to Congress, the FCC Office of Inspector General indicated that it will be shifting some E-rate audits off of its desk. While they will still...

by Peter Kaplan

December 22, 2009

Being in Audit Limbo

Numerous blog entries have been posted about the audit process, the amount of resources USAC and the FCC have spent conducting audits, and how school districts must absorb the costs...

by Peter Kaplan

December 17, 2009

E-rate Implications in the Consolidated Appropriations Bill Congress Passed

This week Congress passed and the President signed H.R. 3288 which is a consoidated appropriations bill that encompases many federal agencies including the Federal Communications Commission. There were a few...