From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Thu Jul 5 08:58:19 2012 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:58:19 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of July 2, 2012 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Wave 51 for FY 2011 will be released this week. The first wave for FY 2012i, including decisions on over half the filed applications, is scheduled for release July 10th. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. SECA filed a supplemental FCC petition seeking FY 2011 Item 21 denial relief for an additional 151 applicants. The CIPA update and tech plan approval deadlines for FY 2012 were July 1st. FCC reply comments on VPN remote access are due July 23rd. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated June 29. The SLD?s latest News Brief discusses use of the DRT. A more user-friendly funding history tool is available from E?Rate Central. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator 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_07_02 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 90112 bytes Desc: Week_07_02 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Thu Jul 19 08:36:45 2012 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:36:45 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of July 16, 2012 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Funding waves for the last three years, FY 2010 to FY 2012, will be released this week. USAC has notified the FCC that it believes funding will be available to fund Priority 2 requests at the 90% level for FY 2012, pending FCC approval. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. SECA filed early ESL comments with the FCC urging simplification of the filing categories; all initial comments are due August 6th. Five of the eight SLD training sessions this fall are full. USAC requests FRN identification on the return of funds. FCC reply comments on VPN remote access are due July 23rd. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated July 13. The SLD's latest News Brief discusses USAC procedures regarding USAC and FCC appeal decisions. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator 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_07_16 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 90112 bytes Desc: Week_07_16 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Thu Jul 26 14:12:07 2012 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:12:07 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of July 23, 2012 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Funding waves for FY 2011 and FY 2012 will be released this week. The FCC has rolled over $1.05 billion of additional funds into FY 2012. USAC believes that this amount will be sufficient to fund Priority 2 requests at the 90% level for FY 2012. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The FCC issued one appeals decision affecting six applicants. Two FCC comment deadlines are approaching: June 25th for clarification re. remote VPN access, and August 6th re. the FY 2013 draft ESL. [Regional NCDPI training sessions have been scheduled for October.] * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated July 20. The SLD's latest News Brief discusses the eligibility and timing of BMIC services. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator 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_07_23 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 84992 bytes Desc: Week_07_23 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Jul 30 12:42:49 2012 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:42:49 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of July 30, 2012 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Funding waves for FY 2011 and FY 2012 will be released this week. USAC is preparing to recommend to the FCC that the final thresholds for Priority 2 be set at 90% for FY 2012 and 88% for FY 2011. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The FCC issued four appeal decisions affecting 23 applicants. August 6th is the FCC comment deadline for the FY 2013 draft ESL and the reply comment deadline for remote VPN access. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated July 27. The SLD's latest News Brief provides tips of filing USAC and FCC appeals. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator 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_07_30 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 86016 bytes Desc: Week_07_30 - SECA.doc URL: