Extend RHC USF, E-rate Gift Rules Waiver, CoSN, SETDA and SHLB Ask
The pandemic will continue well past Sept. 30, so the FCC Wireline Bureau should extend its gift rules waiver to the Rural Health Care and E-rate programs to June 30, 2021, the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, Consortium for…
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School Networking and State Educational Technology Directors Association said Wednesday in a docket 02-60 posting. The bureau approved the waiver in March to run through Sept. 30 (see 2003180054). The gift rules promote fair and competitive bidding in normal times, but the unprecedented health crisis means schools, libraries and healthcare providers should be able to accept needed broadband equipment and service donations from the private sector, the groups said.