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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Funding waves for FY 2013 and FY 2014 are scheduled this week.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">E-Rate Modernization – Draft Form 470 and Form 470:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The FCC released draft copies of revised Form 470, Form 471, and associated instructions requesting expedited OMB approval by November 3<sup>rd</sup>.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">E-Rate Modernization – FNPRM Comments:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Initial comments to the FCC’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addressed future funding needs, multi-year contracts, NSLP data collection, consortia, and library support.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">S&L News Brief</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Dated September 19 – Discount Calculations:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">USAC’s latest News Brief discusses changes in the discount rates will be calculated beginning in FY 2015.</span></li></ul>
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