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		<title><![CDATA[What to expect from your USAC USF audit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb270/is_5_27/ai_n29468562]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[All rural telcos should take an active interest in the ongoing Universal Service Fund USF audits conducted by the Universal Service Administrative Co. USAC. The FCC's Office of Inspector General OIG, which detects and deters mistakes and fraud in administration of the USF programs, reviews the USAC audit findings to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[GAO Report Attacks FCC Management Of USF, E-Rate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress Scrutinizes 'Fraud, Waste & Abuse'  The Universal Service Fund's scandal-ridden schools-and-libraries Internet access subsidy program known as "E-Rate" - currently handled by the  third party Universal Service Administrative Co. USAC - clearly needs more  hands-on control and internal process improvements by the Federal Communications  Commission,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DoE Offers Vision On Tech, Silence On E-Rate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Report Details Future School Plans, But What About Funding?  The U.S. Department of Education DoE recently offered the nation its long-term visions and views on implementing the wider use of computers, software and networking in the country's elementary, middle- and high-school classrooms, with suggestions on implementations and applications...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Schools and libraries Internet funding issue is emblematic of developing overall Universal Service problem.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200412/ai_n19910316]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-9 December 2004-BELLSOUTH: Schools and libraries  Internet funding issue is emblematic of developing overall Universal  Service problemC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:12092004    WASHINGTON - BACKGROUND - Just before adjourning for the year,  Congress on Wednesday passed legislation to exempt the Universal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Funding starts flowing again; but program problems not solved.(E-rate)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giving some school districts something to be thankful for, the  E-rate program just before Thanksgiving issued its first funding  commitment letters since August. While the Federal Communications  Commission FCC is touting the move, some ed tech advocates are saying  the program will continue to undergo delays...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SLD suspends funding to schools to meet FCC accounting needs.(E-rate)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6431/is_200410/ai_n25645153]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Schools seeking E-rate funds will have to wait longer for their  money, now that the Schools and Libraries Division SLD of the  Universal Service Administrative Co. USAC has put all funding  commitments on hold.    The move comes at the behest of the Federal Communications...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Barton Signals Strong Desire To Revamp E-Rate Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FCC's oversight of the controversial E-Rate Program is clearly gnawing at House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas) --and it's doing so in much the same way that it did with Barton's predecessor, Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.).  During a Sept. 22 committee hearing, Barton railed against...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[USAC new CEO.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[USAC New CEO--The Universal Service Administrative Co. USAC has a  new leader. Lisa Zaina, an attorney in the telecommunications field,  replaced former CEO Cheryl Parrino, who resigned in January. USAC is in  charge of the E-rate program, which provides $2.25 billion in  telecommunications services, internal connections...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[NTCA celebrates golden anniversary at 50th Annual Meeting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NTCA's 50th Annual Meeting & EXPO '04 made a lasting impression on the close to 2,500 attendees in Miami Beach, Fla., February 8-11, as the meeting commemorated the association's 50th anniversary as the voice of rural telecommunications.  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  NTCA Chief Executive Officer Michael E. Brunner kicked off...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Make E-rate program simpler, clearer, fairer, task force tells FCC, USAC.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toward the end of 2003, the Task Force on the Prevention of Waste,  Fraud and Abuse in the E-rate program made its final report  public--inside were recommendations to help resolve the problems that  prompted the study. However, the Universal Service Administrative Co.  USAC concluded that only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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