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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;"><a name="OLE_LINK4" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">See the attached newsletter for articles
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<a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK9"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Funding Status</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The FY 2013 application window open and will close March 14. Funding waves for both FY 2011 and FY 2012 are scheduled for this week.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Free” VoIP Phone Issue resolved? Maybe or Maybe Not.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Notifications by Jive Communications, based on an e-mail from USAC, created confusion as to the FCC’s retrospective and prospective positions on the eligibility of bundled end-user
equipment.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; margin-top:6.0pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt; text-align:justify">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">E-Rate Updates and Reminders.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The FY 2011 recurring service invoice deadline and the FY 2012 Form 486 deadline for
Waves 1-12 are both January 28<sup>th</sup>. The FCC issued two appeal orders last week, including one dealing with a contractual right-of-first-refusal. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a major E-rate supporter, will be retiring after 2014. USAC clarified how CEO
schools should be identified in Block 4 worksheets.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; margin-top:6.0pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt; text-align:justify">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SLD News Brief for January 11.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The SLD’s last News Brief
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">provides an excellent overview of an applicant’s responsibilities in responding to competitive bids.</span></li></ul>
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