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EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Rate

Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition

September 1, 2010

In response to an FCC request, EDUCAUSE, as part of the SHLB Coalition, submitted further details and supporting material concerning our comments on the E-rate and Connect American Fund proposed …

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Releases E-Rate Eligible Services List for Funding Year 2012 (9-29-11)

September 30, 2011

On 9-29-11, the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released by Order (DA No. 11-1600) the Eligible Services List (ESL) to support E-rate recipients for Funding Year 2012.  See: http://hrau…

Feds Charge Former Telecom Exec With E-Rate Fraud

January 1, 2006

A federal grand jury has indicted Rafael G. Adame on nine counts of wire fraud in connection with what federal authorities said was a practice of defrauding the E-Rate program. Operated by the Univ…

Social Network Sites Face US Ban

January 1, 2006

A bill introduced by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) that aims to restrict social networking Web sites in schools and libraries passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 410-15. The De…

Tales of Fraud, Abuse in School E-Rate Program

January 1, 2005

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) puts forth renewed charges of fraud and mismanagement in the federal government's E-rate Program, designed to subsidize technology …

Congress Fails to Act on Copyright Bills

January 1, 2004

Controversial bills proposed new penalties (including jail time) for copyright violations. Controversial bills proposed new penalties (including jail t…

E-rate funding restarts, but crisis continues

January 1, 2004

Following a nearly four-month suspension of E-Rate Program payments, the federal organization that administers such payments has restarted issuing letters promising funds to schools and libraries a…

E-Rate and StateNets

January 1, 2004

George McDonald, vice-president, Schools and Libraries Division (SLD), Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), and Cynthia Schultz, director of Service Provider Support, SLD, USAC, will be…

EDUCAUSE participates in a flurry of comments to the FCC regarding broadband

July 27, 2010

EDUCAUSE has participated in four different sets of comments that were delivered in recent weeks to the FCC. The documents addressed three different questions before the Commission and were writt…

An Interview with ALA's Rick Weingarten

December 9, 2005

In this 32 minute recording, I join Rick Weingarten, Director of the ALA's Office of IT Policy, for a look inside the beltway.  Join us as he shares a brief bit of background about the Amer…