The first funding wave of 2018 was released today!!! And even better, some
of you were in it!

In a good news, bad news situation, USAC has completely revamped its
Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL) delivery system.

The good news is that FCDLs are now being emailed as a detailed and
informative PDF attachment - no need to login into EPC, no need to generate
the notification before you can see the letter, and no need to struggle
with the csv file (which is also still being created in case you want to go
old school).

The bad news is that the email from USAC will only be going to the
certifier of the Form 471 rather than the contact person who was listed.
That may not affect some of you if you happen to perform both roles, but be
aware that you will not receive the email if you are only the contact
person. Certifiers - you may want to make a note to forward FCDL emails to
the contact person.

The awesome news is that I will keep on sending an email to both the
certifier and the contact of every Form 471 in each wave with full
instructions for collecting the FCDL in EPC. For a preview of coming
attractions, those instructions are attached.

Watch your inboxes!

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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: 207-581-3584

Mail:
Networkmaine
5752 Neville Hall, Rm 255
Orono, ME 04469-5752