NCTA, NRECA Back E-rate Support for School & Library Network Security
USF E-rate funding should include support for network security equipment and services to protect schools and libraries from cyberattack, NCTA replied, posted Thursday in docket 13-184 on the FCC's proposed eligible services list for category 2 spending updates (see 1909040018).…
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The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association said Form 470 should be simplified to give schools more flexibility in requesting support for managed internal broadband services and basic maintenance of internal connections. "All efforts to simplify E-rate application forms and processes and include important adjunct services to minimize cyber threats and limit access to unsafe content in the nation's schools in today's challenging online environment are in the public interest," NRECA said.