FY2010 Application Filing Window Dates Established
The FY2010 application filing window opened at noon EST on Thursday, December 3, 2009 and will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 11, 2010. The filing window will be open for 71 days.
Applicants should note that FY2010 Forms 470 can be filed now.
Traditionally, a high percentage of Forms 471 arrive at USAC during the final week that the window is open. We urge you to file early so that:
- You have an opportunity to review your work and make corrections if necessary.
- You can re-file your form if an error you made cannot be corrected.
- USAC has your information and can start reviewing your application.
We also urge you to file online:
- The system notifies you of possible errors and allows you to correct them.
- The system does your calculations for you.
- You can review your information online before you submit it.
- Your information is submitted to us quickly and correctly.
03 December 2009 - 11:57
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Plain Old Telephone Service for 2010
We've received applications for POTS e-rate discounts from the following libraries:
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Albert City
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Allison
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Alta Vista
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Alton
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Aplington
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Arlington
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Armstrong
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Ashton
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Aurora
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Beaman
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Clermont
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Conrad
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Correctionville
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Cresco
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Decorah
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Delhi
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Denison (Norelius)
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Denver
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Dike
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Dubuque County
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Dumont
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Dunkerton
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Dyersville
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Early
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Edgewood
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Elgin
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Elma
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Emmetsburg
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Estherville
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Fairbank
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Fayette
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Fredericksburg
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Fort Atkinson
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Garnavillo
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George
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Graettinger
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Greene
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Grundy Center
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Hartley
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Holstein (Stubbs Mem)
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Hudson
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Ida Grove
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Ionia
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Janesville
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Jesup
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Lake Park
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Lamont
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Larchwood
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Lawler
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LeMars
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Lime Springs
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Linn Grove
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Manchester
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Marathon
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Marcus
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Maynard
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Merrill
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NEILSA
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Newell
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New Hampton
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Odebolt (Field Carnegie)
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Oelwein
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Ossian
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Palmer
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Parkersburg
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Paullina
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Peterson (Kirchner French)
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Plainfield
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Pocahontas
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Pomeroy
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Postville
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Primghar
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Tripoli
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Readlyn
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Reinbeck
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Rembrandt
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Remsen
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Ringsted
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Rockwell City
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Ruthven
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Sibley
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Sioux Center
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Sioux Rapids
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Spencer
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Spillville
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Spirit Lake
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Storm Lake
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Strawberry Point
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Sumner
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Tripoli
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Volga
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Wadena
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Washta
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Waterville
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Waucoma
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Waukon
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Waverly
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Webb
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Wellsburg
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Westgate
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West Union
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25 November 2009 - 11:36
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Internet -- 2010
We've receive applications for internet service from the following libraries:
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Albert City
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Alta Vista
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Alton
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Beaman
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Cresco
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Decorah
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Dubuque County
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Dunkerton
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Garnavillo
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Hartley
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Ida Grove
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LeMars
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Manchester
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NEILSA
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Odebolt
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Paullina
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Peterson
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Pocahontas
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Primghar
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Rockwell City
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Ruthven
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Sioux Center
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Tripoli
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Waterville
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Waucoma
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Westgate
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25 November 2009 - 11:35
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Long Distance for 2010
We've received information from the following libraries for long distance coverage:
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Hudson
- Lake Park
- LeMars
- Spencer
- Waverly
25 November 2009 - 11:33
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Libraries participating 2010
So far, we've received paperwork from the following libraries for 2010. Mary will be contacting those with incomplete information soon.
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Albert City
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Allison
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Alta Vista
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Alton
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Aplington
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Arlington
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Armstrong
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Ashton
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Aurora
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Beaman
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Conrad
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Clermont
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Cresco
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Decorah
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Delhi
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Denison (Norelius)
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Denver
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Dike
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Dumont
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Elgin
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Elma
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Estherville
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Fairbank
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Fayette
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Fredericksburg
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Garnavillo
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George
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Graettinger
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Greene
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Grundy Center
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Hartley
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Holstein (Stubbs Memorial)
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Hudson
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Ionia
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Janesville
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Jesup
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Lake Park
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Lamont
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Larchwood
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Lawler
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LeMars
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Lime Springs
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Linn Grove
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Manchester
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Marathon
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Marcus
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Maynard
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Merrill
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Newell
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New Hampton
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Odebolt (Field Carnegie)
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Oelwein
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Palmer
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Parkersburg
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Paullina
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Peterson (Kirchner French)
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Plainfield
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Pocahontas
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Pomeroy
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Postville
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Primghar
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Tripoli
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Readlyn
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Reinbeck
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Rembrandt
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Remsen
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Ringsted
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Sibley
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Sioux Rapids
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Spencer
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Spillville
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Spirit Lake
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Storm Lake
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Strawberry Point
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Sumner
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Tripoli
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Volga
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Wadena
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Washta
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Waukon
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Waverly
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Webb
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Wellsburg
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Westgate
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West Union
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30 October 2009 - 21:59
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USAC IT Upgrade Completed
The SLD IT upgrade has been successfully completed and you may access our systems and conduct business in the normal fashion starting at 9:00 am EDT today. You are free to file forms online such as Form 470 and Form 486 as well as check form status and access the other interactive functions.
Note that some update work will be going on during this week. Specifically, on Monday:
- The Form 470 Download tool will be updating and will not be accessible for downloads. Note, however, that if you performed a download on August 31, you have current data.
- The Automated Search of Commitments tool will be missing data from the most recent FY2008 wave and the most recent FY2009 wave.
- The Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) will be missing data from shortly before the upgrade started.
- The Two-in-Five Tool will take several days to update.
Submit a Question may work slowly for the next few days. If you have a question, please call the Client Service Bureau at 1-888-203-8100. If you want to submit a request (service substitution, SPIN change, service delivery deadline extension, invoice deadline extension) or an attachment, we suggest that you use the mail, fax, or email submission described in the appropriate guidance material on the USAC website. Remember to save proof of the time and date of your submission.
As with all major systems upgrades, there will be some things that we will need to fix, and we will do that as quickly as possible. To that end, if you have functions that do not work for you other than those noted above, please report them to our Client Service Bureau at 1-888-203-8100 and we will get them taken care of as soon as possible. If there are any major common problems, we will post them on our website and give you a status report in a timely manner as to when those problems will be fixed.
As was indicated in past communications, we will be paying invoices this week and we plan to resume running waves this week in order to begin issuing FCDLs dated next week.
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Form 471 filed
Form 470
This is to notify you that the Form 470 # ending in 711114 has been been e-Certified using your PIN .
This is to notify you that the Form 470 # ending in 703962 has been been e-Certified using your PIN .
Form 471
This is to notify you that the Form 471 # 652692 has been been e-Certified using your PIN .
This is to notify you that the Form 471 # 682310 has been been e-Certified using your PIN .
Checking on the Application Status
If you would like to check you may do so on USAC/SLD website at:
http://www.universalservice.org/sl/tools/search-tools/ and then select the type of search you want.
My favorite this time of year and for the next few months will be the Form 471 Application Status at:
http://www.sl.universalservice.org/FY3_form471/471StatusCheck.asp You will need the Consortia BEN 16025351
Some things you can find out by looking at the Form 471:
1. Block 3 Worksheet C: Lists all the libraries on the application
2. Block 5 Discount Funding Request lists all the libraries and details, to find your library page through looking at Item 21 for your name or Item 22 for you BEN
Yea, we really like this feature too, when we have to page through it to answer a question, but the concept of alphabetical order seems to have escaped USAC.
A little later after Mary quits giving me the evil eye every time I mention e-rate we'll have some statistics for you but we are pleased, we have more libraries and have requested more funds for the libraries than in any previous year.
There were libraries that did not get the paperwork in on time and are not in this year, and two libraries that were at the last minuet, one literally.
Spring is coming and for some of you time to get the crops in, for the rest of us time to enjoy the frutes of Iowa's agricultural economy.
February 25 is Lobby from Home Day &
March 25 is Legislative Day at the Capital.
We have issues:
http://www.iowalibraryassociation.org/associations/2221/files/2009legagenda.pdf
12 February 2009 - 13:50
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Internet Blocking Law killed.
From: ALA e-rate Task Force
High court
kills last chance for Internet blocking law aimed at keeping online porn from
kids
Associated Press
January 21,
2009
WASHINGTON - The government
lost its final attempt Wednesday to revive a federal law intended to protect
children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the
Internet.
The Supreme Court
said it won't consider reviving the Child Online Protection Act, which lower
federal courts struck down as unconstitutional. The law has been embroiled in
court challenges since it passed in 1998 and never took
effect.
It would have
barred Web sites from making harmful content available to minors over the
Internet.
A federal appeals
court in Philadelphia ruled that would violate the First
Amendment, because filtering technologies and other parental control tools are a
less restrictive way to protect children from inappropriate content
online.
The act was
passed the year after the Supreme Court ruled that another law intended to
protect children from explicit material online — the Communications Decency Act
— was unconstitutional.
The Bush
administration had pressed the justices to take the case. They offered no
comment on their decision to reject the government's
appeal.
Five justices who
ruled against the Internet blocking law in 2004 remain on the
court.
The case is
Mukasey v. ACLU. 08-565.
21 January 2009 - 13:05
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