Update Rules for E-rate Category 2, Amid Cybersecurity Breaches, HP Asks FCC
Stakeholders asked the FCC to move quickly to resolve what services E-rate category 2 funding can support. Representatives from Hewlett Packard had meetings last week with aides to the four regular commissioners, urging "the Commission to move quickly to ensure…
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that network security appears on the eligible services list starting with funding year 2020," said a filing posted Monday on docket 13-184. It cited 712 reported cyber incidents involving public schools since January 2016. The E-rate Management Professionals Association wants a timely decision "to allow applicants adequate time to forecast, plan, and procure" category 2 services, it filed, posted Monday. EMPA members met with staff from the Wireline Bureau last month. The FCC released its proposed list for eligible category 2 services in August (see 1908020016).