A.

First Funding Wave for FY2008

USAC will issue the first funding wave for FY2008 tomorrow. This wave includes about $353 million in funding commitments for Priority 1 services for schools and libraries at all discount levels.

USAC plans to issue weekly funding waves for FY2008 from this point forward. Remember that early waves for a funding year do not include commitments for Priority 2 services.

B.

Funding Commitments for FY2007

USAC is denying Priority 2 funding requests at 80% and below and funding approved requests at 81% and above. USAC will continue to issue weekly waves for FY2007.

Here is a list of the FY2007 funding commitments since the last call:

Wave     FCDL Date      Amount

045      4/8/2008       $ 15.8 M
046      4/15/2008      $228.7 M
047      4/22/2008      $ 16.4 M
048      4/28/2008      $  6.5 M

C.

Update on Service Provider Training

The Miami training session is full. There are still slots available for the Salt Lake City training. If you have a problem with hotel reservations, call or send an email using the information in the Service Provider Training announcement.

D.

FY2009 Forms 470

Applicants can now file a Form 470 for FY2009. Most applicants will wait until the fall of 2008 to do so, but you can use the Form 470 Search Posted and Form 470 Download tools to search for current postings.

E.

Invoicing Update

Payments for the month of April totaled $127,868,116.44 against requests for $158 M. In total, 8,564 invoices were processed for 1,547 service providers. This represented 38,861 lines in April with 98% being completed within 30 days.

There are 1,190 lines in process as of April 29.

Reminders on Service Certifications

USAC may require a service certification as part of the invoice review process. The service certification gives the applicant a chance to verify that the services featured on the invoice have been received.

In addition to the service certification, USAC may ask for a copy of detailed customer bills that support the charges on the invoice. Clear details on the customer bills help the invoicing team review the invoices more quickly for correctness and completeness.

On occasion, USAC may also ask for proof of payment of the applicant share of the cost of the service. If USAC asks for proof of payment, be sure that you can provide proof (e.g., a copy of the front and back of a check or a screen shot of your bank’s posting notification) that the funds were received by your institution.

Other

The new Automated Search of Commitments tool is now live. This tool gives real-time information on funding waves instead of the static information provided in the past. For more information on how to search for information, you can refer to the April 25, 2008 SL News Brief.

Out-of-window letters will be going out next week for FY2008. These letters notify applicants that Forms 471 that they filed were not timely filed. Remember that it is unlikely that USAC will be able to fund applications filed outside of the window.

General Questions Received by E-mail

We are researching the answers to the questions about interconnected VoIP and will update the call notes at a later date.