From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Wed Apr 7 10:21:22 2010 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:21:22 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for April 5, 2010 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F6385BE95@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Funding Wave 47 for FY 2009 and Wave 80C for FY 2008 will be released this week. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The FCC Chairman will be the sole witness at a Senate hearing on the National Broadband Plan on April 14th. The FBI has established the Safe Online Surfing Web site for students and parents. USAC released its Semi-Annual Audit Recovery Report. Comments on the FCC?s proposed rules to permit community usage of school Internet facilities are due April 5th. USAC published its annual report of 2009. * Schools and Libraries News Brief dated April 2 ? PIA Review, cont. Discusses the various categories of eligibility for products and services. 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_04_05 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 109568 bytes Desc: Week_04_05 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Apr 19 09:00:00 2010 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for April 19, 2010 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F63B16E6D@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Funding Wave 49 for FY 2009 and Wave 80D for FY 2008 will be released this week. The first funding wave for FY 2010 is awaiting FCC approval of the SLD?s procedures for this year?s reviews. * Comments Requested on ?Lowest Corresponding Prices.? The FCC has requested comments on an USTA/CTIA petition seeking clarification of the E-rate rule requiring service providers to offer services at most favored nation pricing. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. Verizon has established an online procedure for its customers to choose discounted or reimbursed billing. Reply comments on the FCC proposed rules to permit community use of school Internet facilities are due this Monday. * Schools and Libraries News Brief dated April 16 ? Corrective SPIN Changes. Discusses ?corrective? ? as opposed to ?operational? ? SPIN changes. 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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The comment period deadline for the associated proceeding on other eligibility issues has not been set. * FCC Broadband and E-Rate Action Agenda. The FCC announced an ambitious calendar of rulemakings associated with the national Broadband Plan. The agenda indicates that it will issue two NPRMs for E-rate ? one this quarter and one early next year. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. A Court of Appeals decision calls into question the FCC?s regulatory authority over Internet providers The FCC Chairman will be the sole witness at a Senate hearing on the National Broadband Plan on April 14th. USAC has suspended two more individuals convicted of defrauding the E-rate program. Reply comments on the FCC?s proposed rules to permit community usage of school Internet facilities are due April 19th. * Schools and Libraries News Brief dated April 9 ? Item 21 Attachments. Discusses the information needed to describe the four categories of products and services. 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The FCC issued the first of a series of NOIs and NPRMs for the implementation of the National Broadband Plan. This first step only affects E-rate indirectly. * Review Procedures for State-Funded Consortium Applications. The SLD?s new PIA review procedures for consortium applications promises to accelerate the awards for state-funded networks. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. Information is available on Internet searches by children. Century Tel and Qwest have agreed to merge. Reply comments have been received on the FCC?s proposed rules on community use of school Internet facilities. Technology plan approvals expiring June 30 must be re-approved by July 1. * Schools and Libraries News Brief dated April 123 ? Operational SPIN Changes. Discusses ?operational? ? as opposed to ?corrective? ? SPIN changes. 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