FCC Wireline Bureau Grants 2 Waivers for E-rate Invoicing Deadline
FCC staff granted two waivers from an invoicing deadline in the E-rate USF program subsidizing school and library broadband/telecom services and connections. The Wireline Bureau waived a requirement that E-rate applicants seek an extension before an invoice filing deadline applying…
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to those "for whom the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) had not, as of October 31, 2016, issued the FCC Form 498 ID, and who therefore were unable to submit an invoice." The bureau directed USAC to grant such applicants a 30-day extension. It also granted a rule waiver "for several petitioners that properly requested an invoice deadline extension but failed to timely file their invoice filings due to circumstances beyond their control, including USAC’s inability to timely process their invoice deadline extension requests," in an order Thursday in docket 02-6.