CommLaw Monitor
FCC Highlights Progress in Implementing CVAA Requirements
At its open meeting this month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received a status report on the implementation of broad disabilities access obligations passed three years ago. In the presentation, FCC staff…
FCC Launches E-rate 2.0 Rulemaking
As we told you this morning, the FCC launched its rulemaking proceeding to consider reforms to the Schools and Libraries program of its Universal Service Fund (better known as the "E-rate" program). The FCC pledged a…
FCC to Initiate Proceeding to Reform the E-rate Program
In the first major proceeding of Acting Chairwoman Clyburn's tenure, the FCC is scheduled to open a rulemaking today to consider reforms to the Schools and Libraries program of its Universal Service Fund (better known…
FCC Announces Another Slight Decrease in USF Contribution Factor
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Obama Proposes E-rate Reform
In a speech yesterday, President Obama proposed to reform the federal Universal Service Fund's Schools and Libraries program (commonly referred to as the "E-rate" program. He directed the FCC to implement a program…