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 […]
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 […]