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The United States Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established by the Communications Act of 1934. The Commission is charged with regulating interstate and international... more +

SCOTUS Saves E-Rate Program, Preserving Tech Funding for Schools Across the Country

Fisher Phillips on 7/1/2025

In a major victory for public institutions and the tech companies that support them, the U.S. Supreme Court just preserved the federal funding lifeline that underpins internet access and telecommunications connectivity in...more

Solicitor General Asks Supreme Court to Review Ruling on Universal Service Fund's Constitutionality

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 10/31/2024

The U.S. Solicitor General recently sought Supreme Court review of an en banc decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which found the Federal Communications Commission-run Universal Service Fund (USF) to...more

After Changes to Categories One and Two, FCC Grants Waiver for Certain Contracts

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/23/2017

On February 8, 2017, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau waived several of its rules with respect funding year 2017. The eligible services list (“ESL”) for FY 2017 contained several changes pertaining to whether a service...more

First Self-Provisioned Fiber Approved for E-rate Funding

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/9/2016

Despite announcing with much fanfare back in December 2014 that the FCC had changed its rules to permit schools and libraries to obtain E-rate funding to self-provision fiber, it appears that USAC has only just approved an...more

E-rate Application Deadline Extended Again

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/20/2016

Mel Blackwell, USAC’s Vice President of the E-rate Program, issued a news brief on Friday announcing that, as a result of “unexpected complications with the implementation of USAC’s new IT system,” USAC is extending the...more

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