Dear E-Rate Applicants, This is an urgent reminder that you must have an FCC RN# for your billed entities and each of your recipient entities. MSLN also needs those numbers for its application and will be contacting districts and libraries that have not reported them to MSLN. In addition I have already had reports from applicants that one of the first things PIA is requesting when they call is your FCC RN#s, and yes the reviews have started for Year 2005 applications. If you have not requested an FCC RN# it is a realtively painless process that should take only a few minutes to complete. It can be done by going online to this location https://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cores/CoresHome.html <https://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cores/CoresHome.html> and following the registration process. You will need your school district or town's EIN (employee identification number), or your own EIN if you are a private institution. You may find that your town, district or school already has an FCC RN#. If they are your billed entity you may use that number. However, you still need an FCC RN# for each entity receiving E-Rate funding so you will need to apply for duplicate numbers for each and every entity you represent. Please get this done immediately!!! The E-Rate web page www.maine.gov/msl/erate.erate.htm <www.maine.gov/msl/erate.erate.htm> has user friendly instructions (the bright green documenton that came with your packets in the fall) which we will move to the top of the page today so they can be found more easily. Please call if you needs assistance and don't forget to email or fax (287-5624) your FRN's to us for the MSLN application. Thanks Edna Edna M. Comstock, E-Rate Team Coordinator Learning and Technology Services Maine State Library 64 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0064 1-800-322-8899 or 207-287-5620 [log in to unmask]