FCC Authorizes Additional Funds for FY2010 and FY2011
On August 22, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued Order DA 11-1354. This order directs USAC to begin making funding commitments for FY2010 Priority 2 services at the 80% discount level and to use funds from reserve accounts to fund eligible FY2010 Priority 2 requests at all discount levels.
USAC has already started the review of FY2010 Priority 2 services at the 80% discount level, and should be able to start making commitments on approved requests as soon as possible. FY2010 Priority 2 requests at the 79% discount level and below that have been denied for insufficient funding will be returned to the PIA review process.
No additional action is required at this time on the part of applicants with funding requests below 80%. PIA reviewers will be in touch with these applicants once they begin the review of these applications.
Comstor will continue to provide you with updates on this action as we receive them.
If you have questions about what this announcement means to you and to your E-Rate customers, please contact Stuart Schwartzreich, Comstor, at 914-829-7525 or stuart.schwartzreich@comstor.com.
