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FY2024 E-rate Funding Cap $4.94 Billion

On March 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission announced that the E-rate program funding cap for FY2024 will be $4.940 billion. This is a 3.6% inflation-adjusted increase from FY2023 cap...

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April is Last Full Month for Affordable Connectivity Program

On March 4, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Public Notice announcing that the last full month of benefit under the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) will be April 2024...

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Inconsistencies in Open Data FRN Status

Starting around March 1st, 2024, E-rate Manager began detecting data inconsistencies and duplicate funding request records in USAC’s Open Data tool. Delayed Funding Request Data Until around 8:30am EST on...

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Timely Filed BEARs Denied by USAC

On February 29th, 2024, USAC denied 635 BEAR and SPI detail lines on forms affecting 139 applicants and totaling $9.7M. The denied forms all had a last date to invoice...

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FCC Responds to Bus Wi-Fi Court Case

On February 6, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission filed a motion to dismiss and to suspend merits briefing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit after...

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February Appeal Decisions Released by FCC

On March 1, 2024, the FCC issued its monthly Public Notice deciding requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration related to actions taken by USAC. The FCC...

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Form 470 Certifications Remain Flat

February 28, 2024 was the official deadline to file and certify Forms 470 for Funding Year 2024 while still allowing the required 28 calendar day competitive bidding period before the...

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by Brian Stephens

February 23, 2024

Funding Year 2024 Outpaces 2023

At the halfway mark for the Funding Year 2024 application filing window applicants nationwide had certified 8,967 Forms 471, outpacing FY2023 by 5% and FY2022 by 23%: The increase is...

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