From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Jun 1 09:37:49 2009 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:37:49 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for June 1, 2009 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F0B928B89@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * FY 2008 ? FY 2009 Funding Status. Wave 6 for FY 2008 and Wave 54 for FY 2008 will both be released this week. * FCC Rural Broadband Report (and E-rate). The FCC released a report entitled "Bringing Broadband to Rural America: Report on a Rural Broadband Strategy." The report says little about E-rate, but could have an impact. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated May 29th. The SLD?s most recent News Brief discusses early filings of Form 486s for applicants funded before July. 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Priority 2 funding for FY 2009 should begin in mid-July. * FCC Releases Draft ESL for FY 2010. The FCC has released a draft of next year?s Eligible Services List. There are no unexpected changes or clarifications. Public comments and reply comments are due this month. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The retirement of the FCC?s Inspector General may lead to welcome changes in E-rate audit procedures. A new trade association has been formed for professional E-rate consultants. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated June 5th. The SLD?s most recent News Brief provides a number of reminders on CIPA compliance. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The SLD?s most recent News Brief contains tips for filing a Form 486 online, several of which are also applicable for filing a Form 486 using the paper version. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Week_06_15 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 109568 bytes Desc: Week_06_15 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Fri Jun 19 08:36:43 2009 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:36:43 -0700 Subject: [Erate] USAC Fall Applicant Training has begun to roll out! Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F0BBF49C3@miranda.wesd.org> USAC has opened registration for several of the training sites on their fall schedule. While Portland's isn't available yet, I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to register for a different session if it fit better into their schedule. The link below will allow you to register at the available sites. If you are waiting for the Portland session, you can use the link to check back and see if it has opened yet. http://www.universalservice.org/sl/about/training-presentations/training-presentations-archive/training-2009/fall/default.aspx I will monitor this and try to send another announcement when the Portland registration opens. As always, let me know if you have any questions at all! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please let me know if you have any questions. http://www.usac.org/sl/about/training-presentations/training-presentations-archive/training-2009/fall/portland-or-training.aspx?WT.mc_id=sl-newsbrief-20090626 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Jun 29 10:11:09 2009 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:11:09 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for June 29, 2009 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F0BD884AF@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * FY 2008 ? FY 2009 Funding Status. Wave 10 for FY 2009 and a small Wave 58 for FY 2008 will both be released this week. Funding for FY 2009 is still for Priority 1 services only. A final decision on 87% Priority 2 funding for FY 2008 has still not been made. * Comments on ESL for FY 2010. Comments submitted last week on the proposed Eligible Services List focused primarily on administrative fees, e-mail archiving, Internet2, software licenses, VoIP, unbundled warranties, and Web hosting. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. * Two new bills were introduced in Congress to mandate free meal program enrollment for certain disadvantaged students, and to make E-rate available nationwide for Head Start. * An FCC appeal and supporting comments by E-Rate Central were filed to address a variety of E-rate issues involving multi-location schools. * Senate confirmed the nomination of the new FCC Chairman and a re-appointment of an existing Commissioner. The President nominated two others to fill Commission vacancies. * The DOJ reached a settlement with Dallas schools related to earlier procurement fraud issues to relinquish over $150 million in pending requests. * July 1st remains a critical date for technology plan approvals. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated June 26th. The SLD?s most recent News Brief continued with a list answers to the question ?What Should I Be Doing This Summer? ? this time for service providers. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Week_06_29 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 118272 bytes Desc: Week_06_29 - SECA.doc URL: