The Wireline Competition Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on numerous requests that the Commission allow E-rate funds to be used to support advanced or next-generation firewalls and other network security equipment and services.
On December 21, 2022, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) announced that the application filing window for Funding Year 2023 FCC Form 471 will open January 18, 2023, at noon ET and will close on March 28, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
The FCC released a Public Notice announcing the comment dates for the Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Broadband Labels FNPRM) released on November 17, 2022.
The Wireline Competition Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on numerous requests that the Commission allow E-rate funds to be used to support advanced or next-generation firewalls and services, as well as other network security services.
USAC will update the FCC Form 498 on November 16, 2022 to require service providers to have an active SAM.gov assigned Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) in order to submit a new FCC Form 498 or modify an existing Form 498.
On October 12, 2022, USAC announced that it will be consolidating the E-rate system beginning December 2022.
Pursuant to FCC Order 19-78, all Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) participants, both individual and consortia, must submit an annual report to USAC using the provided Excel template.
