ECF Wave 2 Funding Recipients Announced!
October 12, 2021
Attached: ECF Wave 2
Attached: Sample ECF FCDL
The FCC has just announced ECF Wave 2 funding commitments, including the attached list of 94 PA applicants. The funding commitment decision letters (FCDLs) are being e-mailed this afternoon to the ECF Form 471 contact. Total funding awarded to PA applicants is $17,97,024.10 ($11,046,613 for equipment and $6,948,210 for services). If you have not yet been funded (which is only 30% of PA applicants), please don’t resubmit the same application in ECF Window 2. USAC continues to actively review applications and FCDLs will continue to be issued (although maybe not on a weekly basis). However, if you didn’t apply in the first ECF Application Window, or if you did and now have additional unmet needs, please apply in the second ECF Window by tomorrow’s deadline — October 13, 2021.
FCDLs: ECF FCDLs look almost exactly like E-rate FCDLs (see attached sample), except there are two additional pages that provide additional information about the reporting requirements for reporting executive compensation (through https://www.sam.gov) and subaward activity (through http://www.fsrs.gov) under the Transparency Act or FFATA/DATA Act) for award and subaward payments that equal or exceed $30,000. Be sure to provide a copy of your FCDL to your federal coordinator and/or business office so they can properly report this federal funding.
BEAR Reimbursements: The ECF Form 472 BEAR reimbursement form is now available and may be submitted now if you were funded in Wave 1 or Wave 2 and have received equipment or services. Please see the ECF BEAR Filing Guide at: http://e-ratepa.org/?p=33665 for help.
Appeals: If you disagree with a funding decision, you have 30 days from today to appeal. Appeals must be filed in the ECF Portal by clicking on the Form 471 (My Forms and Requests), then Related Actions, then Create an Appeal.
Post-Commitment Changes: If you need to make changes to your application (post-commitment), you may do so in the ECF Portal by clicking on the Form 471 (My Forms and Requests), then Related Actions, then Create a Post-Commitment Request. Here are the changes you can make:
- Change SPIN
- Change invoicing method (BEAR to SPI or SPI to BEAR)
- Change service and/or equipment
- Change service start or end date
- Cancel a committed funding request
- Reduce a funding amount on a committed request
- Update DUNS number, FCC Registration Number, or Tax ID EIN
- Update Unmet Needs
(Note: If you haven’t yet been funded, but need to make changes to your application, select Related Actions, then Contact Reviewer to make pre-commitment modifications to your request.)
Congratulations to everyone who was funded in Wave 2! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
– Julie
Julie Tritt Schell
Pennsylvania E-rate Coordinator
717-730-7133 – o
jtschell@comcast.net
www.e-ratepa.org