FCC Bureau Gives E-rate Parties Affected by USAC Delays More Time to File FY16 Invoices
FCC staff gave some E-rate USF participants more time to file invoices beyond a previous extension ending Tuesday, due to Universal Service Administrative Co. processing delays. A "limited waiver" provides relief "to applicants and service providers that: (a) timely requested…
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and received the one-time 120-day extension to invoice for funding year 2016 recurring charges from [USAC]; and (b) are currently awaiting, or recently received, a revised funding commitment decision letter (RFCDL) issued for a post-commitment change request submitted to USAC," said the Wireline Bureau order in docket 02-6 listed in Tuesday's Daily Digest. Affected E-rate participants now have "120 days from the date of their post-commitment RFCDL" to file invoices, said the bureau, citing "extraordinary circumstances created by technological system issues that delayed USAC’s issuance of post-commitment RFCDLs" for FY 2016. The parties "may not receive their RFCDLs in time to submit accurate invoices" by Tuesday, it said.