E-rate Advocates Lobby FCC Staff to Support Cybersecurity Expenses
E-rate advocates urged the FCC to make cybersecurity expenses eligible for E-rate category two support, in a meeting with Wireline Bureau staff (see 2210130065). The advocates, which included the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, Consortium for School Networking and…
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the American Library Association, noted cybersecurity is "the number one networking issue faced by schools across the country," per an ex parte filing Wednesday in docket 13-184. The FCC should consider a "trial project to test the applicability" of including such expenses under category two, adding there shouldn't be limits placed on the types of cybersecurity defenses supported, said the filing.