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$15.8 Million in Funding Committed

This week, the Schools and Libraries Division has issued the 45th Funding Decision Wave for Funding Year 2007. This wave includes $15.8 million in commitments for nine applicants. In all,...

USAC Commits Additional $2.9 Million for FY 2007

The Universal Service Administrative Company this week issued $2.9 Million in E-rate funding commitments for Funding Year 2007. This marks the 44th funding wave of the funding year and brings...

Audits of E-rate Beneficiaries Near the 500 Mark

The latest Semi-Annual Audit Recovery Report provided to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by the E-rate program administrator indicates that almost 497 E-rate beneficiary audits have been performed to date....

SLD Releases Small 2004 Wave

The SLD has released a small funding wave for Funding Year 2004 involving six applicants and nine service providers. This funding wave includes nearly $300,000 in rejections and ony $20,000...

USAC Issues Small FY 2007 Wave

This week, USAC issued the 43rd commitment decision wave for the Funding Year. In this wave, 33 applicants were notified about $16.2 Million in funding commitments. The largest commitments were...

E-rate Consultant Sentenced to Prison

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that Judy Green, a former education technology consultant, has been sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for defrauding the E-rate program.

$8.6 Million Committed for FY 2007

This week's Funding Year 2007 wave of funding commitments included $8.6 Million in approvals for 17 applicants in 11 states. The SLD is expected to continue to make weekly funding...

Funds For Learning, eSchool News Partner to Survey E-rate Applicants

Funds For Learning and eSchool News are leading a survey to measure applicants' attitudes and opinions about the E-rate program, identify the program's key strengths and challenges. The survey consists...