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USAC News Brief 3/19/2010
Taken from USAC’s website:
March 19, 2010
TIP OF THE WEEK: Tuesday, March 30 is the deadline for certifying a Form 471 for FY2010 that was submitted online before the close of the FY2010 filing window. Be sure to certify online or postmark your paper certification on or before this deadline so that your form will be considered in-window.
NOTE: Apply Online and many of the Search Tools will be unavailable from noon to midnight EDT on Saturday, March 20 due to scheduled website maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Commitments for Funding Year 2009
Funding Year 2009. USAC will release FY2009 Wave 45 Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) March 23. This wave will include commitments for approved Internal Connections and Basic Maintenance requests at 80% and above and denials at 69% and below. As of March 19, FY2009 commitments total over $2.59 billion.
On the day the FCDLs are mailed, you can check to see if you have a commitment by using USAC’s Automated Search of Commitments tool.
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USAC News Brief 3/12/2010
Taken from USAC’s Website:
March 12, 2010
TIP OF THE WEEK: If you have not submitted one or more of the items below, do so by the deadline in parentheses:
- Form 471 certification if you submitted your form online before the close of the window (March 30)
- RAL corrections if you have them (20 days after the date of your RAL)
- Item 21 attachment (as soon as possible, but no later than 15 days after PIA requests it).
Commitments for Funding Year 2009
Funding Year 2009. USAC will release FY2009 Wave 44 Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) March 16. This wave will include commitments for approved Internal Connections and Basic Maintenance requests at 80% and above and denials at 54% and below. As of March 12, FY2009 commitments total over $2.56 billion.
On the day the FCDLs are mailed, you can check to see if you have a commitment by using USAC’s Automated Search of Commitments tool.
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USAC News Brief 3/5/2010
Taken from USAC’s website:
March 5, 2010
TIP OF THE WEEK: If you do not have any corrections to your Form 471, DO NOT submit a copy of your RAL to USAC. If you do have corrections to report, be sure to clearly identify your corrections, sign your RAL, provide your contact information, and submit your corrections in a timely manner following the instructions in the RAL.
Commitments for Funding Year 2009
Funding Year 2009. USAC will release FY2009 Wave 43 Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) March 9. This wave will include commitments for approved Internal Connections and Basic Maintenance requests at 80% and above and denials at 54% and below. As of March 5, FY2009 commitments total over $2.54 billion.
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FCC Allows Community Use of Broadband Services
On 2/18/10, the FCC issued a ruling regarding community use of school internet facilities during non-operating hours. This FCC ruling temporarily permits schools to “…allow members of the general public to use the schools’ Internet Access during non-operating hours…” and waives requirements for schools to cost-allocate out such non-educational usage of the school’s internet access. The “temporary” period is the remainder of the 2009-10 funding year and the upcoming 2010-11 funding year.
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USAC releases FY2009 FCDLs
USAC released FY2009 Wave 19 Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) September 3. This wave includes commitments for approved Internal Connections and Basic Maintenance for schools and libraries at 85% and above. As of August 28, FY2009 commitments total over $720 million.