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December 14, 2021

FCC to Consider Changes to E-rate Bidding Requirements

On December 14, 2021, the FCC initiated a review process to consider ways in which the competitive bidding requirements for the E-rate program could be enhanced. “It is our nation’s largest education technology...

December 13, 2021

USAC System Outage

On December 13, 2021, USAC announced that it had pulled some USF program systems offline while completing a security review in response to the Log4j vulnerability. As of this posting,...

December 13, 2021

Proposed First Qtr 2022 Contribution Factor

On December 13, 2021, the FCC announced that the proposed contribution factor for the first quarter of 2022 will be 25.2 percent. The contribution factor requires telecommunications companies to pay...

by Alfred Njuguna

December 10, 2021

82% of ECF Applicants Receive Commitments

The FCC has committed over $3.2 billion of the $5.16 billion requested by applicants in the first Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) filing window. Funds For Learning analysis shows that 82%...

December 7, 2021

Rosenworcel Confirmed Permanent FCC Chair

On December 7, 2021, the United States Senate confirmed Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel’s nomination to another term serving on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She is the first female to permanently...

December 7, 2021

Coalition Supports Improved E-rate Bidding NPRM

On December 6, 2021, several E-rate stakeholders sent a joint letter to the FCC regarding the draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to implement a central bidding portal through...

December 3, 2021

E-rate Applicants’ Opinions Shared with FCC

The results of the 2021 annual survey of E-rate applicants continue to be shared with the FCC. A key feature of the survey results are the individual comments. It is...

December 2, 2021

FCC Grants ECF Invoice Deadline Waiver

On December 2, 2021, the FCC issued an Order granting a petition for an expedited waiver of the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) Program’s invoice filing deadline submitted by the State...