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March 22 2021

The Stars Align In Solving the E-rate Homework Gap: ARPA Provides $7.1B to the Emergency Connectivity Fund

Eleven years after the FCC issued the National Broadband Plan and ten years after the FCC issued a Pilot Program to test E-rate funding beyond school walls, the stars are finally beginning to align. On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) appropriating a significant and…
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March 22 2021
February 01 2021

Key E-Rate Stakeholders Ask the FCC to Rule a Classroom Is Where the Student Learns

On January 26, 2021, SHLB, COSN, SECA and other key E-rate stakeholders filed a Petition for a Declaratory Ruling asking the FCC to find that E-rate funding is eligible outside of the traditional on-campus classroom. Specifically, the Petition seeks E-rate funding to allow our nation’s schools and libraries to procure Internet connectivity equipment, and devices…
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February 01 2021
May 16 2019

Trump Declares National Emergency and Calls for Securing Nation’s Communications Networks and Supply Chain

Trump Declares National Emergency and Calls for Securing Nation’s Communications Networks and Supply Chain Yesterday, in the middle of an escalating trade war with China, President Trump, in a bold and calculated move on the chess board, issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to secure our nation’s communications networks and supply chain. In…
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May 16 2019
February 03 2019

The FCC Commission Takes a Welcome Step Forward for High Speed Broadband Networks and Competition in the E-rate Program

E-rate stakeholders, including the Illinois Office of Governor, Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology and the Schools, Libraries & Healthcare Broadband Coalition (SHLB), applauded the Commission’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), released January 31, 2019, seeking public comment and additional data on making the suspension of the current E-rate amortization policy permanent. In the…
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February 03 2019
October 04 2018

SCHOOLS, HEALTH, LIBRARIES BROADBAND (SHLB) COALITION’S 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

I’m excited to share I’ll be speaking next week on FCC E-rate Appeals and Compliance at the @SHLBCoalition’s 8th Annual Conference to be held on October 10-12, 2018 in Washington, D.C.: #BitxBit18! Join me and my fellow panelists, Cathy Cruzan, President of Funds for Learning, and Rich Cameron, Cameron Law & Policy, as we delve…
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October 04 2018
September 12 2018

What’s Trending In E-Rate in 2018: Is the 2014 FCC Goal of Simplifying the E-Rate Program Being Met?

Every year Funds for Learning (FFL), one of the most preeminent consultants to applicants in the FCC’s E-Rate Program, issues its informative and highly regarded FFL 2018 E-Rate Trend Report (FLL Report) by collecting data and comments and identifying trends gathered from survey responses from over 1000 applicants. Every E-rate stakeholder should at least take…
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September 12 2018
June 15 2018

FCC Approves $171M Increase in Funding to the Rural Health Care Program

FCC Chairman Pai Scores a Victory for the Rural Health Care Program On June 6, 2018, Chairman Pai circulated a draft Order proposing an increase in funding for the Rural Health Care Program by $171M, bringing total annual funding to $571M. Yesterday, the FCC announced that the draft Order received majority support by the other…
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June 15 2018
June 06 2018

FCC Chairman Pai Supports Much Needed $171M Increase in Rural Health Care Program Funding

Today, FCC Chairman Pai took a positive step in serving our nation’s rural health care providers (HCPs) by seeking an increase in the current Rural Health Care Program funding by $171M. The current Program is capped at an annual rate of $400M, which has not been indexed to inflation since the cap was set in…
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June 06 2018
January 14 2018

Change in USAC Rural Health Care Program Leadership: New VP of RHC Starts Monday

Karen Lee, the current VP of the Rural Healthcare Program will be departing USAC to pursue other opportuntities. Mark Sweeney, the current Chief Administrative Offier at USAC will be stepping into that role, effective Monday, June 18, 2018.
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January 14 2018

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