E-rate Funding Window Dates Announced
USAC announced this week that the Funding Year 2016 application window will open February 3 and close April 29. If you've already signed up for your account in the new E-rate Productivity Center (EPC or the Portal), good for you! If not, you should do so as soon as possible.
The Importance of Correctly Filing Your FCC Appeal
The FCC's last streamlined appeal order in 2015 raised the procedural bar for schools, libraries and service providers filing appeals with the FCC.
In its December 2015 Public Notice, the FCC, for the first time, dismissed E-rate appeals that did not follow its procedural filing requirements, even though the requirements are not new. Previously, the only procedural requirements typically enforced for E-rate were the filing deadlines mandated by FCC rules. However, the Commission signaled it might start cracking down on filing requirements when it released a PN in 2014 reminding filers of its filing requirements.
