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• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Continued Developments on Form 470 Menu Options
  • USF Funds Transfer to the U.S. Treasury
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
• USAC News Brief Dated April 13 – Selective Review Overview

E-Rate Central, as the designated state E-rate coordinator for New York, supports the recent filings initiated by the Ohio ITCs’ March 16th ex parte notice concerning the mid-window changes to the FY 2018 FCC Form 470 pulldown menus for Category 1. The menu changes made last August, combined with inconsistent and belated guidance provided by USAC over the remainder of the competitive bidding window, created extensive confusion among the applicant community — ourselves included. This is a problem that needs to be solved now. Relief is needed as a part of the FY 2018 application review process to avoid penalizing applicants who, in good faith, tried to bid and apply for Internet access and transport services. Changes need to be made to the FY 2019 Form 470 pulldown menus before July 1, 2018, to avoid similar applicant and service provider confusion in the coming procurement/application cycle.

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Multi-User Access to PIA Inquiries
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • USAC Annual Report for 2017
  • Update on USAC E-Rate Support Contracts
  • USDOE’s Homework Gap Study
• USAC News Brief Dated April 6 – Responding to PIA Inquiries

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Universal Service and National Security Threats
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Late-Filed Form 471 Applications for FY 2018
  • Unlocking of EPC Entity Profiles
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • FCC Decision Watch
• USAC News Brief Dated March 30 – Overview of the PIA Review Process

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 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Resolution on Category 2 Budget Factors for FY 2018
  • Further Developments on Form 470 Category 1 Pulldown Menu Options
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • Special Invoice Deadline Waiver Procedures
• USAC News Brief Dated March 23 – Post-Application Window Steps

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Update on Category 2 Budget Factors for FY 2018
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • ESH Reports on Fiber Application Denials and Delays
  • Proposed USF Contribution Factor for 2Q18
• USAC News Brief Dated March 16 – Application Filing Process FAQs

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Update on Category 2 Budget Factors for FY 2018
  • Newly Deployed EPC Modification
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
• USAC News Brief Dated March 9 – Application Contract Reminders

In this Public Notice, the Office of Managing Director (OMD) announces that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the second quarter of 2018 will be 0.184 or 18.4 percent.

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • FY 2018 Inflation Adjustment and Category 2 Budget Tools
  • HTTPS Upgrade for USAC Website
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • FCC IDER Decision
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • FCC Decision Watch
• USAC News Brief Dated March 2 – Reminders for FY 2018 Form 471 Filers

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.

 In this order, by our own motion, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants a limited waiver of the Commission’s invoicing rules to allow certain E-rate program applicants and service providers to submit invoices beyond the 120-day extension already received and allowed by the Commission’s rules. Specifically, and subject to the limitations stated in this order, the Bureau waives the invoice extension rule to provide extraordinary relief for applicants and service providers that: (a) timely requested and received the one-time 120-day extension to invoice for funding year 2016 recurring charges from the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC); and (b) are currently awaiting, or recently received, a revised funding commitment decision letter (RFCDL) issued for a post-commitment change request submitted to USAC (Affected Program Participants). 

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • FY 2018 Inflation Adjustment and Category 2 Budget Tools
  • Recipient of Service (“ROS”) Allocation Mismatch
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • E-Rate Audit Lessons
• USAC News Brief Dated February 23 – Getting Ready to File a Form 471 for FY 2018

Pursuant to section 54.507(a) of the Commission’s rules, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces that the E-rate program funding cap for funding year 2018 is $4,062,030,726. The new cap represents a 1.8 percent inflation-adjusted increase in the $3,990,207,000 cap from funding year 2017.  The Commission began indexing the funding cap to inflation in 2010 to ensure that E-rate program funding keeps pace with the changing broadband and telecommunications needs of schools and libraries.

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Form 470 RFP Addendum Uploads
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • Charter SPIN Changes
  • New Broadband Satellite Initiatives
• USAC News Brief Dated February 16  – Reminders for Last-Minute Form 470 Filers

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Form 486 Approvals and the FST
  • FRN Continuation and Copy Warning
  • Answer to Last Week’s Category 2 Budget Tool Quiz
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • USAC Procurement Initiatives
  • FCC Internet Access Service Report
• USAC News Brief Dated February 9  – Reminders on Evaluating Bids

• Funding Status – FY 2018 and FY 2017
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Answers to Last Week’s Category 2 Budget Tool Quiz
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • FCC Decision Watch
• USAC News Brief Dated February 2  – More Competitive Bidding Reminders

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 and FY 2017
• SHLB Recommends Improvements to FCC/USAC Fiber Procedures
• Updates on USAC’s E-Rate Productivity Center and Legacy System
  • Reminder on Category 2 Budget Tools
• E-Rate Updates and Reminders
  • Upcoming 2018 E-Rate Dates
  • E-Rate Update by Commissioner Rosenworcel
  • New FBI E-Rate Action
  • Burger King and Net Neutrality
• USAC News Brief Dated January 26 – Competitive Bidding Reminders

Letter to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission
Re: Modernizing the E-rate Program for Schools and Libraries, WC Docket No. 13-184 Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 10-90 Ex Parte Submission
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition is writing to share our experiences, observations and recommendations to improve the processing of applications that include fiber special construction charges in the E-rate program.