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by Brian Stephens

December 7, 2012

Quantifying the Benefit: Funding Availability Per Student

Since Funding Year 2000, an average of $44 per student has been available for distribution based on the annual funding cap. In years where a rollover of unused funds occurs,...

by Peter Kaplan

December 5, 2012

A Common Sense Approach to Appeal Decisions

On November 20, 2012, the FCC granted appeals submitted by Euclid City School District and Shannon County School District. In both cases, USAC found that the school districts had violated...

by Jeff O'Brien

December 5, 2012

Going Back To Cali

My colleague and I were volun-told to go to the last and final round of USAC Fall Training in L.A. this past month. I was actually pretty surprised that I...

December 4, 2012

FCC Office of Managing Director to Oversee Audits

On December 4, 2012, the Federal Register reported that the Federal Communications Commission staff unit responsible for annual audits of the Universal Service Administrative Company has transferred from the Office...

November 30, 2012

FCC Issues Debarment Notice

On November 29, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission issued a debarment notice for William Lanham. In March 2012, Lanham was convicted on one count of theft of federal funds and...

November 29, 2012

Changes to the Payment Quality Assurance Program

At the Oct 29th USAC Quarterly Board Meeting, it was reported that USAC and the FCC were preparing additional beneficiary questions for the Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) program. It looks...

by Dirk Schroeder

November 28, 2012

Why Start Now?

One thing I have never heard from a client: "I started the planning process too soon."

November 28, 2012

FCC Form 498 Updated

On November 21, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a notice in the Federal Register that an updated version of the FCC Form 498 is now available....