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Wireline Competition Bureau
Announces E-Rate Inflation-Based
CAP for Funding Year 2017
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
announces the E-rate program funding
cap for funding year 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Bachtell, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418–7400 or TTY: (202)
418–0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 54.507(a) of the Commission’s
rules, the Wireline Competition Bureau
(Bureau) announces that the E-rate
program funding cap for funding year
2017 is $3,990,207,000. The new cap
represents a 1.3 percent inflationadjusted increase in the $3,939,000,000
billion cap from funding year 2016. This
represents a $51,207,000 increase for the
E-rate program funding cap as a whole,
including a $38,077,000 increase for the
category one services funding level and
a $13,130,000 increase for the category
two services funding level. The
Commission began indexing the funding
cap to inflation in 2010 to ensure that
E-rate program funding keeps pace with
the changing broadband and
telecommunications needs of schools
and libraries. A Public Notice was
released on March 13, 2017.
SUMMARY:
Federal Communications Commission.
Ryan B. Palmer,
Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.
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Notice.
In this document, the
Commission announces and provides an
agenda for the first meeting of
Broadband Deployment Advisory
Committee (BDAC).
DATES: Friday, April 21, 2017, 10:00
a.m.
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Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Room
TW–C305, Washington, DC 20554.
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Brian Hurley, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), at (202) 418–2220 or
brian.hurley@fcc.gov; or Paul D’Ari,
Deputy DFO, at (202) 418–1550 or
paul.dari@fcc.gov. The TTY number is:
(202) 418–0484.
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Wireline Competition Bureau Announces E-Rate Inflation-Based CAP
for Funding Year 2017
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
announces the E-rate program funding cap for funding year 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Bachtell, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418-7400 or TTY: (202) 418-0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 54.507(a) of the
Commission's rules, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces
that the E-rate program funding cap for funding year 2017 is
$3,990,207,000. The new cap represents a 1.3 percent inflation-adjusted
increase in the $3,939,000,000 billion cap from funding year 2016. This
represents a $51,207,000 increase for the E-rate program funding cap as
a whole, including a $38,077,000 increase for the category one services
funding level and a $13,130,000 increase for the category two services
funding level. The Commission began indexing the funding cap to
inflation in 2010 to ensure that E-rate program funding keeps pace with
the changing broadband and telecommunications needs of schools and
libraries. A Public Notice was released on March 13, 2017.
Federal Communications Commission.
Ryan B. Palmer,
Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau.
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