[Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for December 8, 2008

[Carson, Sabrina]

See the attached newsletter for articles on:


 *   FY 2007 – FY 2009 Funding Status.  SLD system problems have recently slowed the release of funding waves, but Wave 31 for FY 2008 is scheduled For December 10th.  The Form 471 application window for FY 2009 opened December 2nd and will close February 12th.
 *   Unrequested Invoice Deadline Extension Approvals.  A number of applicants received SLD e-mails last week indicating that their invoice deadline extension requests had been approved — even though they had never made such requests. The confusion was caused by the SLD’s use of a standard e-mail format to report the automatic extension of invoice deadlines for those applicants who had filed timely online BEARs for FY 2007 (or earlier) which have not been acknowledged by their service providers.


 *   Semi-Annual Report of the FCC OIG.  The FCC released the Inspector General’s audit report for the six month period ending September 30th.  It includes information on the previous Round 2 and the upcoming Round 3 audits.  The report also noted six cases of successful criminal prosecutions for E-rate fraud and conspiracy.


 *   E-Rate Updates and Reminders.
    *   Form 471 application window: 12/2 – 2/12.
    *   Targeted applicants have begun receiving notifications of Round 3 audits.
    *   Reply comments to the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry are due December 15th.
 *   Schools and Libraries News Briefs dated December 2nd and December 5th.  A special and a regular News Brief were released last week, both noting the opening of the FY 2009 application window and providing a number of filing tips.

Sabrina Carson
e-Rate and Procurement Customer Support
Willamette Education Service District
2611 Pringle Rd SE
Salem, OR 97302
P: 503.540.4495
F: 503.540.2962
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