Author: Lorrie Germann

Good morning E-Rate Community, I’m sure you’ve likely heard, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo directing all federal agencies to pause making obligations or disbursements of all federal financial assistance as of 5:00 p.m. yesterday (1/28/2025). [...]

Good afternoon, E-Rate Community, and Happy Friday! This is a reminder of the upcoming FY2025 E-Rate filing dates/deadlines: January 15th, 2025 - FY2025 Form 471 Application Window opened at 12:00 noon ET. February 26th, 2025 - FY2025 Form 470 Application deadline at [...]

Hello E-Rate Community, The FCC has just announced that 707 participants have been selected for the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, including 25 Ohio applicants! Nationwide, 645 schools and districts, 50 libraries, and 12 consortia were selected. I will share [...]

Good afternoon, E-Rate Community, and Happy New Year! Here are the upcoming FY2025 E-Rate filing dates/deadlines: January 9th, 2025 – Close of FY2025 Admin Window – at 11:59 p.m. ET. This is the period before the Form 471 window opens when schools [...]

Hello E-Rate Community, USAC has just announced that the FY 2025 Form 471 Application Window will open on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at noon E.T. and will close on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. E.T. In addition, the EPC [...]

Good morning E-Rate Community, I apologize up front for the lengthy list of items in this update, but this is proving to be a very busy E-Rate filing season, with lots of information to share! So, here we go: Supreme Court Takes [...]

Here’s a reminder of a couple of upcoming E-Rate deadlines: October 28, 2024 - FY2023 BEAR (Form 472) deadline for recurring services (received July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024) For a step-by-step guide on filing the BEAR form, go to https://www.ohio-k12.help/e-rate-support/resource-library/. [...]

This is another reminder to register for my E-Rate training sessions to prepare for the 2025-26 funding year (FY2025). With the changes/additions to E-Rate for the upcoming year and in light of FY2025 being year five of the current 5-year [...]

This is a reminder that you can now register for my E-Rate training sessions to prepare for the 2025-26 funding year (FY2025). With the changes/additions to E-Rate for the upcoming year and in light of FY2025 being year five of [...]

Hello E-Rate Community, This is a reminder that the Form 484 Part 1 application filing window for the $200 million Cybersecurity Pilot Program opened this morning. It will close on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. After the filing window [...]