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Micah Rigdon, CEMP

by Micah Rigdon

Preparing for FY2027: Don’t Let Bidding Season Catch You Off Guard.

If you rely on a multi-year contract for your internet or wide-area network services, that agreement gave you years of more affordable connectivity. It also means your needs have probably...

by Michelle Jackson

Happy New Year! FY2026 Has Started. Here’s What to Do Now.

Happy New Year! Not the January kind. As of July 1, Funding Year 2026 is officially underway, and that makes this the real start of the year for E-rate applicants. ...

by Funds For Learning

Full E-rate Review Text Has Been Released: Still Nothing You Need to File Today.

The FCC has released the full text of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking opening a review of the E-rate program. Here is what applicants should know. First, the practical matter:...

by Funds For Learning

A Review of E-rate Is Launched: Your Filings and Deadlines Are Not Affected

Today the FCC began a wide-ranging review of the E-rate program. If you count on E-rate to connect your schools or your libraries, here is the most important thing to...

Cathy Cruzan, CEMP

by Cathy Cruzan

A Connectivity Program, and Why the States Already Decide the Rest

The comments before the Commission run from one pole to the other regarding the draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. What unites them is a temptation...

by Christopher Odom

Where FY2026 Funding Stands at Mid-Year

We are midway through the year and here’s where FY2026 E-rate funding stands. Applicants requested $3.59 billion, USAC has committed about $1.2 billion so far, roughly $2.29 billion is still...

Cathy Cruzan, CEMP

by Cathy Cruzan

A Consistent Message Is Emerging in the E-rate NPRM Docket

From libraries and state coordinators to superintendents and providers, recent ex parte filings are converging on the same ask — give the record more time. As the FCC moves toward an...

by Funds For Learning

E-rate Advocates File Ex Partes with FCC Commissioners Ahead of Vote

With the FCC’s draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking circulating ahead of a scheduled vote, two significant ex parte filings were submitted to the Commission...