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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">USAC RELEASES FY2019 WINDOW DATES! SEE BELOW!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">State E-rate Consultant | Oregon Department of Education<br>
503.540.4495 - phone <br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 21, 2018 1:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> s1, erate-s1 <erate-s1@wesd.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> SL News Brief SPECIAL EDITION - E-rate FY2019 Application Filing Window Opens January 16, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0066B3">E-rate Funding Year 2019 Application Filing Window Opens January 16, 2019</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0066B3"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">I am pleased to announce the Funding Year (FY) 2019 FCC Form 471 application filing window will open on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at 12:00 noon EST and will close on Wednesday,
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<em><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Update Your EPC Profile Now:</span></b></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> To ensure a smoother filing process,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">EPC profiles will lock on January 15, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
</span></strong>You will not be able to make changes to your EPC profile after that date. So, please log in to your EPC account now to make any necessary changes to your profile. The December 7 SL News Brief includes important reminders for updating your profile.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">As always, we are here to help. Contact our Client Service Bureau at 888-203-8100 for assistance or open a customer service case in EPC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">This will be the 21st E-rate Program application filing window, and through the years we have worked together to improve the E-rate experience in the following ways:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Funding decisions</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">In FY2018, we received 35,000 applications for a total of $2.77 billion. Within 30 days of the window closing, USAC issued the first FY2018 funding commitment wave, which included
15,000 applications – 43% of the applications that were filed in the window – and over $503 million in funding requests. By the beginning of June, we had committed $1 billion on 18,000 applications. With your help, we continued to issue commitments at an accelerated
pace through the summer and issued Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) to 98% of the workable applications by the end of September.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">We are dedicated to continuing to review applications and issue commitments efficiently in FY2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Implementing program participant suggestions</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">In 2018, we requested your suggestions to improve our E-rate information technology systems and program participant trainings. We made a number of improvements in our online systems,
and we used your feedback to redesign our FCDLs to make them more accessible and easier to read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Also based on your feedback, we developed participant training for all experience levels, including beginner level webinars, a half-day beginner session preceding each of our in-person
training events, and beginner and advanced learning tracks as part of our full-day training events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Creating online training</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Today, we are launching the first of a
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new online training series</a> which provides an online learning option for those program participants who were unable to attend our fall training events or who want a refresher. We encourage you to view the offerings in this series and let us know what you
think. Please continue to share your feedback through our in-person trainings, our webinars, and our
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Share Your E-rate Technical System Ideas</a> page to help us continue to improve the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">New business process vendor</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">As we look toward 2019, we are committed to strengthening the E-rate experience for participants. As many of you know, USAC is transitioning to a new vendor to support E-rate business
process operations. All review activities, including program integrity assurance (PIA), appeals, funding commitment waves and payments, will continue during the transition. We appreciate your cooperation during this time and will continue to provide any information
and updates as necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">As this year draws to a close, I'm grateful for all of the people who make E-rate a reality for students and library patrons across the country. Whether you are an applicant, a service
provider, a consultant, or a state coordinator, your work matters in the lives of students and community members, allowing them to learn, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving digital world. I look forward to continuing to work together, and you have my full
commitment that USAC will administer the E-rate Program in a way that benefits from your participation and feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Catriona Ayer<br>
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