Bill would eliminate industry-sponsored travel for FCC

Bill would eliminate industry-sponsored travel for FCC

Excerpts from this story referencing "E-Rate":

"… izona Republican also wants to allocate funds to audit the FCC's troubled "E-Rate" program, used to fund Internet access for schools, and would also impose …"

"… future."In addition, the bill also sets aside funding for an audit of the E-Rate program. On Jan. 9, the Center reported the $2.25 billion federal pro …"

FCC makes new rules to reform troubled program

FCC makes new rules to reform troubled program

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"… t oversight of the FCC's schools and libraries program, also known as E-Rate. (See the Center report, which drew on documents acquired under the F …"

Phone fund for schools, libraries riddled with fraud

Government officials say they don't have the resources to fix the Universal Service Fund

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"… fund by the FCC Inspector General's office says the program, known as the E-Rate fund, is virtually out of control. (The full report is available at the F …"

"… on a competitive bidding process," says Mel Blackwell, a spokesman for the E-Rate program. "We found many of the applications involving IBM had problems in …"

"… munications Commission's Schools and Libraries program, also known as the "E-Rate" program, is supported by virtually anyone who uses a telephone. Telecommu …"

"… ervices since the program began.A list of the top service providers to the E-Rate program reads like a who's who of America's telecom and technology compani …"

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Congressmen call for probe of fraud-plagued phone fund for schools, libraries

Rep. W.J. Tauzin and Sen. Conrad Burns, who oversee telecommunications issues, begin investigations into the E-Rate fund

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"… investigating financial shenanigans within the government's controversial E-Rate fund.The probes were announced following the release of a Center for Publi …"

"… ry newsletter. The Louisiana congressman has been a longtime critic of the E-Rate program.On the Senate side, the incoming chairman of the Senate Communicat …"

"… ," Burns told Medill News Service.The chief congressional architect of the E-Rate fund, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., said the problems were overstated and …"