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by John Harrington

January 15, 2021

Thousands of RFPs Posted. More coming.

As of January 14, 2021, the total count of Forms 470 posted for Funding Year 2021 stood at 12,736. The number of Category Two postings is up sharply from FY2020,...

January 15, 2021

Funding Year 2021 Application Window Opens

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) opened the Funding Year 2021 application filing window at noon Eastern time on January 15, 2021. Within the first four hours of the window...

January 15, 2021

FCC Releases 2020 USF Monitoring Report

On January 15, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the annual Universal Service Monitoring Report by the Federal-State Universal Service Joint Board. The Monitoring Report highlights trends and statistics...

January 8, 2021

FCC Announces $24M Settlement

On December 23, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission announced a settlement with IBM “for alleged violations of the FCC’s E-Rate program rules in connection with the New York City and...

January 8, 2021

Cathy Cruzan to Serve on SHLB Board

On January 5, 2021, the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition announced five new members to its Board of Directors, including Funds For Learning President Cathy Cruzan. SHLB is...

December 31, 2020

Dec. Appeal Decisions Released by FCC

On December 30, 2020, the FCC issued its monthly Public Notice deciding a number of requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration related to actions taken by...

by John Harrington

December 24, 2020

E-rate Supports 95% of K-12 Students

The E-rate program currently provides financial aid for Internet connections that support 53,990,412 K-12 students in the United States. According to recent data from National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),...

December 22, 2020

FY2021 Window Dates Announced

The Funding Year 2021 Form 471 filing window will open on January 15, 2021 at 12:00 noon EST and close March 25, 2021 at 11:59 PM EDT. The application window...