[WEB4LIB] E-Rate Payments Delayed

[Jim Barrentine]

At 11:27 AM 10/5/2004, Karen Coyle wrote:
>It was reported yesterday in the NY Times, and today in Salon
>    http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2004/10/04/school_internet/index.html
>
>that the FCC has "temporarily" shut down payments under e-rate due to a
>change in the way the program is administered. Apparently, the FCC
>claims that there was fraud due to lax accounting rules.

There was no mention of fraud in the NY Times article.  The delay is caused 
by that fact that USAC is now required to comply with GAAP and the federal 
Anti-Deficiency Act.



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