From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Jul 6 08:33:19 2010 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:33:19 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for July 5, 2010 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F72AF6958@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Wave 7 for FY 2010 and Wave 59 for FY 2009 will be released this week. The FCC has rolled over an additional $900 million of funding for FY 2010; Priority2 funding should commence shortly and ultimately reach 80% or lower. * Proposed Form 470/471 Revisions. Revisions ? probably interim if NPRM proposals are implemented ? to Form 470 and Form 471 have been released for comment by the FCC. * FCC NPRM on E-Rate Program Revisions ? Competitive Bidding. The E-rate NPRM proposes to codify existing procurement requirements and to provide strict illustrative guidelines of prohibited activities. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. E-rate NPRM comments are due July 9. Web hosting companies have begun a lobbying effort to counter an FCC proposal to make their services ineligible. The online version of Form 470 has been updated for FY 2011. Google?s relocation of its encrypted search feature will make CIPA compliance easier. * Schools and Libraries News Brief dated July 2 ? Online Form 486 Tips. The SLD lists and discusses seven tips for filing Form 486s. 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 FCC is being ?Astroturfed? with comments supporting the eligibility of Web hosting. Registration is still open for most of the SLD?s fall training workshops. * Schools and Libraries News Brief dated July 9 ? HATS Visits. The SLD reviewed its targeted applicant outreach program. 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_7_12 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 107008 bytes Desc: Week_7_12 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Jul 20 09:54:55 2010 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:54:55 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for July 19 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F72F63D1D@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Wave 9 for FY 2010 and Wave 60 for FY 2009 will be released this week. Wave 9 will include Priority 2 funding at the 990% level * FCC NPRM on E-Rate Program Revisions ? Discount Rate Calculations. The FCC proposes to replace the current averaging method of calculating district discounts rates with a single matrix discount for the entire district. This change would produce both winners and losers. Several issues have yet to be addressed. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. About 300 comments were filed for the FCC's E-rate NPRM. Reply comments are due July 26th. The deadline for comments on revisions to Form 470 and Form 471 is July 30th. The SLD's fall training still has openings in six locations. * Schools and Libraries News Brief dated July 16 ? Invoicing for Recurring Services. The SLD provided a number of reminders for both applicants and service providers needing to invoice for E-rate discounts for recurring services in FY 2009. 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_7_19 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 109056 bytes Desc: Week_7_19 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Thu Jul 22 11:25:40 2010 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:25:40 -0700 Subject: [Erate] Vacation Notice Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3F72F647B0@miranda.wesd.org> I wanted to let everyone know that I will be out next week on vacation. Many of you are out for summer break so hopefully this is a good time for me to be out as well. If you have any questions prior to then, just shoot me and email and I'll try to get it answered before EOB tomorrow. :) 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: