From: mgolrick@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us (Michael Golrick) To: "CONNTECH" <conntech@csuweb.ctstateu.edu> Subject: [CONNTECH] FW: [ALA-WO:660] ACT!/ERAT: E-Rate Window Opens Nov. 5 - Apply Now!
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ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 76
October 24, 2001
In this issue:
E-rate Application Window Set to Open Nov. 5 - Apply Now!
The E-rate application window for Funding Year 5 will be open from Monday,
November 5, 2001 to Thursday, January 17, 2002, the Schools and Libraries
Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company announced this
week. This window allows criteria such as need and poverty to take
precedence over order of application by considering applications filed
within the window as though they were filed at the same time.
The application window is related most directly to the Form 471 on which
applicants describe what services they have selected. This form is the
second phase in the application process and cannot be filed before the
start of the window. Prior to filing a Form 471, an applicant must have a
completed Form 470, Description of Services Requested, posted on the SLD
Web site for 28 days. For detailed step-by-step filing instructions, see
the SLD Web site at http://www.sl.universalservice.org/apply/step1.asp .
ALA strongly encourages libraries and schools to apply for E-rate discounts
in Year 5 (July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003). No library or school will be
required to certify that it has installed blocking or filtering technology
until after it receives a Funding Commitment Decision Letter in Year 5,
several months after the U.S. District Courts have heard arguments in ALA's
case against requirements of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
However, libraries and schools that elect not to begin the application
process within the application window are quite unlikely to receive any
E-rate discounts. Participating in the application process in a timely way
preserves your right to participate in the program when the courts overturn
CIPA.
Year 4 CIPA Certification Due Oct. 28
All E-rate applicants who have received Funding Commitments in Year 4 must
certify their compliance with CIPA by completing Form 486 and having it
postmarked by October 28, 2001, reminded the SLD. The reminder can be read
in full on the SLD Web site at
http://www.sl.universalservice.org/whatsnew/default.asp#101101 .
In this first year of CIPA requirements, there are 3 possible
certifications from which an applicant may choose: 1) the CIPA requirements
do not apply to this applicant because it is receiving discounts for
telecommunications only; 2) this applicant is undertaking actions necessary
to enable this applicant to comply with CIPA in the next funding year in
which it applies for E-rate discounts; 3) this applicant has met all the
requirements of CIPA. For additional details regarding CIPA certification
and Form 486 visit the SLD Web site at
http://www.sl.universalservice.org/data/pdf/i486y4.PDF or call the Client
Service Bureau at 1-888-203-8100.
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