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by John Harrington

October 15, 2021

FCC Can Help K-12 Cybersecurity

A lack of resources at the federal level is putting our nation’s K-12 information technology infrastructure at-risk. School networks are being held hostage and individuals are having their identities stolen...

by Alfred Njuguna

October 15, 2021

2021 Leadership Development: Moving Forward with Resilience

Funds for Learning (FFL) in conjunction with Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) will host an upcoming virtual conference titled, 2021 Leadership Development: Moving Forward with Resilience, and will...

October 14, 2021

Stakeholders Submit Reply Comments on Proposed FY2022 ESL

On October 12, 2021, Funds for Learning was among the few stakeholders that filed reply comments on Proposed E-rate Eligible Services List (ESL). The reply comments to the Proposed ESL...

October 14, 2021

EPC System Outage

On October 13, 2021, USAC announced that the EPC will be unavailable on Sunday, October 17th between 7:00pm EST through Monday, October 18th at 1:00am EST for the monthly system...

October 13, 2021

ECF Filing Window Closes Today

The second Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) filing window opened September 28th and closes today, October 13th at 11:59pm EST. Eligible schools and libraries are urged to submit requests as soon...

October 12, 2021

Over $1.1 Billion Committed in Second Funding Wave

On October 12, 2021, the FCC announced the second funding wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, totaling over $1.1 billion. To date the total committed amount is over $2.4 billion,...

October 8, 2021

44% of E-rate Applicants Submitted ECF

Funds For Learning indicated that there were 9,336 applicants who properly submitted applications in the first Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) filing window this past summer. Further analysis shows that there...

October 8, 2021

E-rate Program Gift Rule Waiver Extended

On October 7, 2021, the FCC released an Order extending the waiver of the E-rate program’s gift rules until June 30, 2022. Last year, December 14, the FCC extended its...