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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">We’re still waiting on the full details, but I wanted to give you a heads-up that there will be some significant changes to the eRate program this year.
<a href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/?p=4779">The last OPLIN4Cast</a> contained a nice overview of articles on this topic.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">As many of you know, OPLIN and the State Library have sponsored eRate workshops for public libraries, one in the late fall and one in the winter, for a number of years now. This
year, because of the changes, we are planning to do many more workshops in locations around the state and are also looking into improving online delivery of the workshops. I highly encourage you to attend. Watch for details, including registration, early this
fall.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">So far, the only firm details we have are contained in the
<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/article/doc-328172a2">FCC’s FAQ sheet</a> and <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-modernizes-e-rate-expand-robust-wi-fi-schools-libraries">
Press release</a>. Some important items to note from the FCC’s FAQ sheet include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Directs at least $1 billion in support for Wi-Fi for Funding Years 2015 and 2016 to connect over 10 million students and thousands of libraries each year
by establishing reasonable budgets for applicants. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Begins a multi-year transition of all program funding to broadband, by gradually phasing down support for non-broadband services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Incentivizes consortia and bulk purchasing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Moves to electronic filing of all documents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Simplifies discount calculations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">I am composing a FAQ sheet for us on the topic, but am still waiting on details from the FCC. My goal is to have this to you next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Stay tuned,<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Tel: 614-466-1710<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Fax: 614-466-3584<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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