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• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC's E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • USAC Plans E-Rate Cycle Dates
  • Form 486 “Early Filing” Warning
  • SPAC Status Search Tools
  • FCC Decision on a FY 2016 EPC Problem
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • Most Common Application Denial Reasons
• USAC News Brief Dated August 10 – Form 470 FAQs

Application for Review of a decision of the Wireline Competition Bureau by Pribilof School District (File No. SLD-161061517) St. Paul Island, Alaska. Commissioners O’Rielly and Rosenworcel issuing separate statements.

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• FCC Releases Proposed Eligible Services List for FY 2019
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • FCC Decision Watch
• USAC News Brief Dated August 3 – Preparing for Invoicing

Pursuant to our procedure for resolving requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration of decisions related to actions taken by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that are consistent with precedent (collectively, Requests), the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants, dismisses, or denies the following Requests. The deadline for filing petitions for reconsideration or applications for review concerning the disposition of any of these Requests is 30 days from release of this Public Notice.

The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on the attached proposed eligible services list (ESL) for the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (more commonly known as the E-Rate program) for funding year (FY) 2019. We invite stakeholders to comment on any aspect of the proposed ESL. 

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • FCC Form 470 and Form 471 Comments
  • Overbudget Category 2 Denials
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
• USAC News Brief Dated July 27 – Form 486 Reminders

Joint comments of the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition and State E-Rate Coordinators' Alliance (SECA) to the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to the Request for Comment on FCC Form 470 and 471 Information Collection Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (83 FR 23677).

The Ohio Information Technology Centers (the “Ohio ITCs”) oppose the request of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) to extend approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. §§3501-3520, of Forms 470 and 471 (the “Forms”), as noticed in the Notice and Request for Comment (“Notice”) published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2018.

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • BEARs and Unfiled SPACs
  • Correcting Form 498 and FCCRN Errors, cont.
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
• USAC News Brief Dated July 20 – FY 2018 SPAC Reminder

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Correcting Form 498 and FCCRN Errors
  • Update on Invoice RIDFs Actions
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • Updated Guidance on Product Demonstration “Loans”
• USAC News Brief Dated July 13 – Form 470 Information Resources

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • USAC Seeks IT Enhancement Feedback
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • Reply Comments re. National Security Threats NPRM
• USAC News Brief Dated July 3 – “Submit a Question” Discontinued

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, invites comment on the implementation of certain provisions of its pilot broadband program (e-Connectivity Pilot) established on March 23, 2018, in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018. The e-Connectivity Pilot was appropriated $600 million in budget authority to be operated under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 on an expedited basis. Loans and grants are limited to the costs of the construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in eligible communities.

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Updated Form 470 for FY 2019
  • Invoice Payment Recalls
  • Missing Recipients of Service
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • FCC Decision Watch
• USAC News Brief Dated June 29 – Form 470 Available for FY 2019

Pursuant to our procedure for resolving requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration of decisions related to actions taken by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that are consistent with precedent (collectively, Requests), the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants, dismisses, or denies the following Requests. The deadline for filing petitions for reconsideration or applications for review concerning the disposition of any of these Requests is 30 days from release of this Public Notice.

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Uncertainties for FY 2019
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Updated Form 470 for FY 2019
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • 2018 E-Rate Applicant Survey
• USAC News Brief Dated June 22 – Returning Funds to USAC

This chart may be useful in planning for various E-rate filings. Last updated June 2018.

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • EPC Modifications
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • Zero-Funded SPIs
  • 3Q18 Projected Contribution Factor
• USAC News Brief Dated June 15 – News Brief News

In this Public Notice, the Office of Managing Director (OMD) announces that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the third quarter of 2018 will be 0.179 or 17.9 percent.

• Funding Status – FY 2018
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Corrected Form 486 Notification Letters
  • Shortfalls on U.S. Treasury Invoice Payments
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • New FCC Commissioner Nominated
• USAC News Brief Dated June 8 – Service Substitutions and Open Data Platform