From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Apr 1 16:47:30 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:47:30 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of March 25, 2013 Message-ID: Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break! See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. The FY 2013 application window is now closed. Funding waves are scheduled this week for FY 2010, FY 2011, and FY 2012. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. FCC Chairman Genachowski and Commissioner McDowell both announced plans to resign in the coming weeks. Comments on revised Forms 472, 473, and 474 are due March 27th. Nominations have been requested for an additional four USAC Board positions. Initial comments have been received on the SLD's IT modernization project. * SLD News Brief for March 22 - PQA Update and 471 Status Tool. The SLD's latest News Brief reported the resumption of Payment Quality Assurance mini-audits following the close of the application window, and discussed the use of the online Form 471 Application Status tool. 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 03-25 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 92160 bytes Desc: Week 03-25 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Apr 1 16:48:01 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:48:01 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of April 1, 2013 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. The FY 2013 application window is now closed. Funding waves are scheduled this week for FY 2011 and FY 2012. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. Form 486 deadlines for April include those applications funded in FY 2012 Waves 20-23. Comments filed on proposed revisions to Form 472, 473, and 474 focused on the need for remittance contact information in the BEAR and on the service providers LCP certification on the SPAC. Houston ISD has posted a useful video of E-rate compliance training. * SLD News Brief for March 29 - RAL Corrections. The SLD's latest News Brief discusses the importance of carefully reviewing Form 471 Receipt Acknowledgment Letters ("RALs") and of making corrections as necessary. 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 04-01 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 97792 bytes Desc: Week 04-01 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Apr 9 11:13:38 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 18:13:38 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of April 8, 2013 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. The FY 2013 application window closed March 14th. Funding waves are scheduled this week for FY 2011 and FY 2012. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. USAC announced a new policy effective for FY 2012 to automatically extend missed invoice deadlines by one year. Reply comments filed on proposed revisions to Form 472, 473, and 474 are due April 8th. * SLD News Brief for April 5 - PIA Review. The SLD's latest News Brief discusses the PIA application review process. 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An FCC appeal decision on late filed Form 471s approved filings for 27 applicants and denied 5 others. * SLD News Brief for April 19 - Certification/Attachment Deadlines USAC is sending out over 4,900 letters this week to applicants who have reportedly not yet filed FY 2013 application certifications and/or Item 21 attachments. Deadlines for submission have been extended to mid-May. 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 04-22 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 97280 bytes Desc: Week 04-22 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Apr 30 12:42:01 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:42:01 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of April 29, 2013 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. The FY 2013 application window closed March 14th; USAC has just released preliminary estimates of demand. Funding waves are scheduled this week for FY 2011 and FY 2012. * Priority 2 Funding Outlook for FY 2013. The preliminary estimates show a continued growth in demand for both Priority 1 services and for Priority 2 services at the 90% level. Full Priority 2 funding for 90% applicants in FY 2013 appears doubtful. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The final deadline for submitting missing FY 2013 application certifications and Item 21 attachments is May15th. Initial comments regarding the FCC's proposed clarification of the eligibility of bundled components has been set as May 23rd. FCC has appointed 13 directors to the USAC Board. Two FCC appeal decisions granted 9 requests for waivers of the Form 486 deadline, but denied 14 other request for waivers of other deadlines. * SLD News Brief for April 26 - Missing Item 21 Attachments. An Excel file has been posted on the SLD Web site listing FY 2013 FRNs with missing Item 21 attachments. 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 04-29 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 108544 bytes Desc: Week 04-29 - SECA.doc URL: