[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacro-l] ALA files comments to FCC on proposed rule that would impact E-rate]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacro-l] ALA files comments to FCC on proposed rule that 
would impact E-rate
Date: 	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:30:40 -0500
From: 	Don Wood <dwood at ala.org>
To: 	<alacro-l at ala.org>



District Dispatch has posted a new item, 'ALA files comments to FCC on 
proposed rule that would impact E-rate 
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4453>'

The American Library Association (ALA) filed comments to the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday regarding the Commission’s 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which proposes a new rule for schools as 
a result of the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act and rule 
revisions for schools and libraries to reflect existing statutory 
language of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Both the 
proposed new rule and rule revisions would impact the universal service 
support mechanism for schools and libraries also known as the E-rate 
program. 

E-rate discounts are critical in meeting the ongoing and ever increasing 
telecommunications needs of libraries. ALA commented that the additional 
burden caused by the proposed rule revisions will likely have a negative 
impact on library participation in the E-rate program through added 
complexity and potential funding delays.

The ALA asks the Commission to carefully review the necessity or benefit 
of making the proposed changes. ALA points out that the burdens and 
delays associated with the resulting form and instruction changes, 
online form programming, and OMB approvals as well as the time and 
energy that will be required to deal with the confusion associated with 
these changes, are unnecessary and counter-productive.  With the 
exception of the added language in the Protecting Children in the 21st 
Century Act, there have been no other statutory changes to CIPA since 
its enactment in 2000, and ALA is not aware of issues that would cause 
the need for the revisions being proposed at this time.

Read the full text of ALA’s comments here 
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CIPA1.pdf>. 




You may view the latest post at
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4453

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Suzanne L. Sager
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Portland State University

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