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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK12"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please see the attached newsletter for articles on:</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK9"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Funding Status:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> One funding wave for FY 2014 is scheduled this week.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2014 Review — 2015 Preview:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The FCC issued two major E-rate modernization orders in 2014 that will fundamentally change the E-rate program and further focus its benefits on broadband deployment. 2015 will be an
interesting and challenging implementation year for applicants, service providers, and program administrators alike.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">E-Rate<i>
</i>Updates and Reminders:<o:p></o:p></span></b>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FY 2015 Form 471 Application Window: 1/14/15–3/26/15<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">USAC E-Rate Webinars<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">S&L News Brief Dated January 2 – End of Winter Contact Period:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">USAC’s latest News Brief
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">reminded applicants that the special winter contact procedures ended January 2<sup>nd</sup>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Sabrina Carson</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">e-Rate Coordinator | Willamette ESD</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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