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by Scott Weston

February 10, 2009

How’s Your Stress Level?

With just a little more than a day remaining until the close of the FY 2009 Form 471 Filing Window, stress levels of E-rate applicants seem to be on the...

by Scott Weston

February 3, 2009

More Hoops, No Help

Buried in USAC's latest quarterly report to the FCC are two sentences that many people probably skimmed over, but will have a huge impact on E-rate applicants. From Page 5...

February 1, 2009

USAC Projects $1 Billion Available for Rollover

In its quarterly report to the Federal Communications Commission, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) has reported that approximately $1 billion in unused funds from previous Funding Years could be...

January 31, 2009

Recent FCC Appeals in Favor of Applicants

An analysis performed by Funds For Learning shows that the majority of recent appeal decisions issued by the Federal Communications Commission have been in favor of applicants. These appeals deal...

January 27, 2009

SLD Commits FY 2004 Funding Wave

On January 22 the SLD notified 3 applicants and 11 service providers about the status of their applications committing $95,287. Nearly $87,000 was for priority one services and the last...

January 25, 2009

USAC Proposes P2 Denials at 86% and Below

Today, the USAC Schools and Libraries Committee held its quarterly board meeting and approved a measure to recommend to the FCC that they deny all Priority Two FY 2008 priority...

January 21, 2009

FCC Provides Further Audit Recovery Guidance to USAC

On March 8, 2006 USAC asked the FCC for formal guidance on when to recover funds in situations that were not specifically covered in previous FCC Orders. The FCC released...

by John Harrington

January 21, 2009

Good Faith Funding Commitment

The FCC just released a memorandum to USAC that further clarifies when they can seek recovery of funds that have already been disbursed and both applicants and service providers can...