Telecommunications Discounts for Schools and Libraries The "E-Rate" Program and Controversies

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--Reorganization.

Administrative agencies.

Education, Secondary.

Educational technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 2002

Summary:

Discusses issues and controversies involving the FCC "e-rate" program, which provides a universal service discount on Internet and other telecommunications services for schools and libraries. Explains the administrative structure of the "e-rate" program and recent restructuring of the Schools and Libraries Corporation into the new Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company, a nonprofit entity. Examines FCC funding and alternatives, eligibility criteria and application integrity, program status, and Congressional activity in the 106th and 107th Congresses

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Telecommunications Discounts for Schools and Libraries

Publisher Number:

CRS-2002-RSI-0595

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