| Funding Consultant Has Ties to Hornsby |
| Prince George's County schools will pay about $110,000 this fiscal year to a
consulting company run by the husband of a woman who worked with county schools
chief Andre J. Hornsby in Texas and New York, according to records. |
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| New Form 471 for FY 2005 is released |
| Form 471 must be filed to request discounts on eligible services for eligible schools, libraries, and consortia of those entities. Form 471 must be filed AFTER an FCC Form 470, which must be posted on the SLD web site for at least 28 days before the Form 471 is filed. |
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| FCC Public Notice: Proposed First Quarter 2005 Universal Service Contribution Factor |
| In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the first quarter of 2005 is .107 or 10.7 percent. |
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| Senate Passes Wide-Ranging Telecom Bill |
| WASHINGTON -- In a determined late-night effort, three senators managed to jump-start a stalled and nearly doomed package of telecom bills and get them approved in one package. |
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| HR 5419, Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act |
| (a) IN GENERAL.-During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2005, section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, do not apply - |
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| Inter-Tel Announces E-Rate Settlement |
| E-Rate Settlement and Plea Agreement. As identified in the Company’s previous filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Divisions of the United States Department of Justice have been investigating other companies’ and Inter-Tel’s participation in a federally funded “e-Rate program” to connect schools and libraries to the Internet. |
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| Inter-Tel Announces E-Rate Settlement |
| TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inter-Tel, Incorporated today announced that Inter-Tel Technologies, Inc., the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary ("Inter-Tel"), has reached a settlement and is entering into a plea agreement resolving the previously disclosed e-Rate investigation by the Department of Justice. |
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| Program linking schools, Internet confronts backlog |
| WASHINGTON — The program that helps link schools and libraries to the Internet has resumed spending after a cash-flow crunch that delayed more than $400 million in projects.
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| Schools and Libraries Still Await Word on 80 Percent of Requested E-rate Dollars |
| As the midpoint of the 2004 E-rate funding year approaches, schools and libraries are still awaiting word on the status of more than $3.3 billion worth of E-rate funding requests for that year.
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| Maine schools stand to lose in federal battle |
| WASHINGTON — The federal program that delivers millions of dollars to help connect Maine schools and libraries to the Internet may have to raise phone bills nationwide and cut back on service because of a change in accounting rules. |
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