IP: FCC ruling nullifies millions in eRate funding

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:22:24 -0400
>To: David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>From: Karen Ellis <guavaberry@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Article: FCC ruling nullifies millions in eRate funding
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>FCC ruling nullifies millions in eRate funding
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>Hundreds of small schools in Oklahoma were denied $20 million
>worth of subsidies for internet service when the Federal
>Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that their eRate
>applications violated the program's competitive bidding
>requirements. But that's just the beginning.
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>In response to the FCC's ruling, the Schools and Libraries
>Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Co., the
>agency that administers the eRate, pulled an additional 312
>applications from its web site. The agency said these additional
>applications, which came from schools and libraries around the
>country, violated the same statute upheld by the FCC's Oklahoma
>ruling.
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>==> For the complete story, go to:
>     http://www.eschoolnews.org/technews1
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>Electronic records transfers hold promise, pose problems for
>schools
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>Links:
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>                Federal Communication Commission
>                http://www.fcc.gov
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>                MasterMind Internet Services Inc.
>                http://www.edumaster.net
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>                Schools and Libraries Division
>                http://www.sl.universalservice.org
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