The FY2016 Form 470 is available through USAC's new E-rate Productivity
Center (EPC) Portal.

If you do not have EPC set up for your billed entity, you will need to *contact
USAC’s Client Services Bureau at 1 (888) 203-8100 *to create the EPC
Account Administrator account for your organization.

Entities that apply for any E-Rate not arranged through Networkmaine must
file a Form 470 if they have an expiring contract or want to request E-Rate
for new services for FY2016.

A billed entity cannot file a Form 470 without first setting up its EPC
account.

A step by step how to guide for the Form 470 and the Competitive Bidding
Process that follows the certification of the form can be found by going to
http://networkmaine.net/erate/ and downloading the PDF file entitled
"FY2016 Form 470 How to Guide" from the Keeping on Track Section on the
right side of the page.

The deadline to file the Form 470 will remain unknown until the FY2016 Form
471 Filing Window is announced.

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*Anne Perloff*
Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools
Networkmaine ... a unit of the University of Maine System

Web: www.networkmaine.net/erate/

Email: [log in to unmask]

Phone: 207-561-3584

Fax: 207-561-3531

Mail:
Networkmaine
5752 Neville Hall Rm 244
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469