E-Rate Central: Simplifying the E-rate Program for Schools, Libraries and Vendors

E-Rate Central specializes in providing consulting, compliance, and forms processing services to E-rate applicants and service providers. To learn more, contact us by phone (516) 832-2880 or e-mail.
E-Rate Central News for the Week
May 5, 2008
»	FY 2008 and 2007 Funding Status Wave 2 for FY 2008 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 6th. Funding in this wave is expected to be about $29 million. The cumulative national FY 2008 funding total is $381 million. No Internal Connections requests are being funded yet for this year. more…

»	Internal Connections Maintenance as a Recurring Service Beginning with the FY 2006 Eligible Services List ("ESL"), the SLD clarified that all requests for Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections "...will be treated as recurring services with services to be delivered within the July 1 to June 30 funding year." more…

»	E-Rate Updates and Reminders Applicants funded in Wave 1 (or in other FY 2008 funding waves that will be released before July 1st) can file early Form 486s before the FY 2008 services actually begin. more…

»	Schools and Libraries News Brief for May 2nd

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Special Feature: Ten Rules for E-Rate Success

Bulletins:

	Owner of Kansas City Computer Service Companies and Family Member Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Federal E-Rate Program (4/24/2008)
	E-Rate Central study shows Vermont E-rate usage down (4/10/2008)
	Thousands of Navajos to be left without Internet (4/3/2008)
	Former Education Consultant Sentenced to 7 ½ Years in Prison for Fraud and Bid Rigging in The Federal E-Rate Program (3/29/2008)
	E-Rate Service Providers Association and E-Rate Central Enter Licensing Agreement; Members Gain Access to State-of-the-Art Online Reporting Tools (1/28/2008)
	USAC Site Visit Outreach Initiative Quarterly Board Report (1/28/2008)

Additions & Updates:

NYC Public Schools 'Project Connect'
E-Rate and other funding sources brings real change to the largest school system in the country. Watch the video

SLD Report - Focusing on Success: Examples of How the Universal Service Fund is Helping Schools and Libraries around the Country

FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") FCC 05-124

Release Date: 6/12/2005

Comment Date: 10/18/2005

Reply Comment Date: 12/19/2005

House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee:
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Concerns with the E-rate Program (October 18, 2005)

United States Government Accountability Office Report to the Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives:
Greater Involvement Needed by FCC in the Management and Oversight of the E-Rate Program (February 2005)

	Eligible Services List FY 2008

	Eligible Services List Archive

	FCC OIG Semi-Annual Report (September 30, 2007)

	Sample Survey Letter Contains Updated Income Eligibility Guidelines for School Year 2008-2009

	Competitive Bid Response Documentation

	Draft Vendor Selection Letter

	Draft Vendor Contract Letter

	Tech Plan Primer