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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">FYI, if you have gotten started on your eRate Form 470, important changes to the form are taking place tonight. See the email below for specifics. Although
the FCC has not released the official deadline for Form 470, typically it is due mid-February.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">-Mandy</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Knapp, Mandy<br>
<b>Subject:</b> USAC’s Schools and Libraries News Brief SPECIAL EDITION - Update on the FY2015 FCC Form 470<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">November 20, 2014</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066B3">Update on the FY2015 FCC Form 470</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#0066B3"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal">The FY2015 FCC Form 470 has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget and notice of this approval is posted to the Federal Register. We notify you of the following changes pertaining to the availability
of the FCC Form 470 as of November 20, 2014:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">We will take down the FY2014 version of the paper form on our website and replace it with the FY2015 version, which is posted for informational purposes only and may not be filed.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Tonight, at 7:00 pm EST, we will take down the FY2014 version of the online form and put up a maintenance page.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If you have started an FY2014 FCC Form 470 online and you have not completed it by 7:00 pm EST tonight,</span></strong> you must start over using
the FY2015 version of the form.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If you have already posted an FY2014 FCC Form 470 online and you have not certified it, you do not need to post a new form.</span></strong> However,
we suggest that you <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">certify</span></strong> your form by 7:00 pm EST tonight.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If you certify online using the FY2014 version of the form <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">before</span></strong> the FY2015 version is posted, you will not need to re-certify
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">after</span></strong> the FY2015 version is available, you will use the FY2015 version of the certifications to certify your form.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If you certify on paper and we cannot complete data entry of your certification by 7:00 pm EST tonight, you will be required to re-submit your certification using the FY2015 version of
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<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If you filed on paper using the FY2014 version of the form and we have not completed data entry of your form by 7:00 pm EST tonight, you will have
to file your form online.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Managed Internal Broadband Services</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal">Managed Internal Broadband Services is a new service type for FY2015. If you are using the FY2014 version of the FCC Form 470, you should include requests for bids on these services in the service type
"Internal Connections."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal">If you are not sure whether the services you are requesting fall under "Managed Internal Broadband Services" or "Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections," we suggest that you post those services in both
categories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Search tool: View a 470</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal">Applicants and service providers use this tool to view an individual FCC Form 470. Users will continue to see their entries as they were originally posted: under FY2014 if the applicant filed using the
FY2014 version of the form, and under FY2015 if the applicant uses the FY2015 version of the form. To search for forms intended for FY2015, users must search for BOTH FY2014 and FY2015 forms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Search tool: Download 470 Information</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal">Service providers use this tool to download summary information on FCC Forms 470. To search for all forms intended for FY2015, providers should search under BOTH FY2014 and FY2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal">Users should use the posting date range options to limit their searches to forms intended for FY2015. Applicants that used the FY2014 version of the form should have indicated in Item 13 that they intended
the form for FY2015 as we explained in the <a href="http://www.usac.org/sl/tools/news-briefs/preview.aspx?id=567">
October 3, 2014 SL News Brief</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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