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by Brian Stephens

October 28, 2022

Early Procurement at Four Year High

As of October 27, 2022, applicants nationwide had filed 2,020 FCC Forms 470 to start the E-rate competitive bidding process for Funding Year 2023. Representing an almost a 40% increase...

by Brian Stephens

October 28, 2022

ECF Payments Break $2B Threshold

On October 21, 2022, USAC processed the tenth batch of reimbursement requests for the Emergency Connectivity Fund, approving more than $110M in payments for ECF BEAR and SPI payment requests...

by Brian Stephens

October 25, 2022

$137M in Jeopardy

October 28, 2022 is an important date – it is the invoice deadline for almost 23,000 E-rate funding requests from Funding Years 2018 through 2021. As of October 25, 2022,...

by Brian Stephens

October 21, 2022

Estimating Cybersecurity’s Impact on C2 Funds

As E-rate applicants, service providers, and industry experts continue to debate the benefits and challenges of adding next-generation firewalls and other cybersecurity products and services to the E-rate program’s Eligible...

October 21, 2022

New Pilot Program for Tribal Libraries Announced

On October 20, 2022, the FCC announced a new pilot program to make it easier for Tribal libraries to apply for broadband funding through the E-rate program, which supports eligible...

October 21, 2022

Nearly $78 Million in ECF Support Committed

On October 19, 2022, the FCC announced it is committing nearly $78 million in funding rounds through the Emergency Connectivity Fund program (ECF). The Commission noted that the funding commitments...

October 14, 2022

Invoicing Moves to EPC in December

On October 12, 2022, USAC announced via a Special Edition News Brief that as a part of an “E-rate System Consolidation” initiative, both FCC Form 472 (BEAR) and Form 474...

October 14, 2022

Free E-rate Manager® Tool Available to All Applicants

On October 12, 2022, Funds For Learning launched a new version of the renowned E-rate Manager® tool. The new E-rate Manager® version for applicants is available to all E-rate applicants...