E-rate Funding to resume within the next two weeks!

USAC to Resume Issuing Funding Commitment Decision Letters (11/03/04). In early August, USAC suspended issuance of Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) for both schools and libraries and rural health care providers. USAC has worked closely with the FCC since then and has now determined the amount of un-obligated cash it has available to cover new commitments and will resume issuing new FCDLs within the next two weeks.

E-RATE (470 Form) Application Deadline January 20, 2005

 The Schools and Libraries Division is expected to announce that the application filing window for the 2005 E-rate funding year will open December 14, 2004 and close February 17, 2005. Under the timetable, the last possible date that an applicant could file a Form 470 application would be January 20, 2005. However, contracts need to be awarded, negotiated and signed before a Form 470 is filed, applicants are advised not to wait to the last minute to post their applications.