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Below are current news announcements relevant to The Universal Service Administrative Company. You can access previous announcements by clicking on a year under the latest news archive.
USAC Releases First Commitments for Funding Year 2008
USAC released wave one of funding commitment decision letters (FCDLs) to Funding Year 2008 (FY2008) school and library applicants on May 1. USAC sent over 10,000 letters committing more than $352 million in Universal Service Fund support. The FCDLs will notify applicants of funding commitments for Priority One services (telecommunications and Internet access) for all discount bands from 20% to 90%.
- View the Press Release [PDF, 40KB]
Federal Communications Commission Adopts Pilot Program Under Rural Health Care Mechanism
On Tuesday, September 26, 2006, the Federal Communications Commission announced the establishment of a pilot program to help public and non-profit health care providers build state and region-wide broadband networks dedicated to the provision of health care services, and connect those networks to Internet2. The pilot program will fund up to 85% of the costs incurred to deploy state or regional broadband networks dedicated to health care and up to 85% of the costs of connecting the regional and/or statewide to Internet2.
For further information about the new pilot program, click on the link below to read the complete FCC news release.
USAC will provide more information as it becomes available.
- DOC-267605A1 [PDF, 106 KB]
USAC Re-Opens RFP Reading Rooms for Audit Materials (6-28-2006)
On June 29, 2006, by appointment only, USAC will re-open the Audit RFP Reading Rooms for review of confidential materials. For more information, see the following links to the individual RFPs:
