USAC Experiencing IT System Issues
October 4, 2012
USAC is in the process of migrating their IT systems to in-house staff instead of using outside contractors, which has caused some technical issues with some of their letters to applicants and service providers. The following letters were issued late or issued in duplicate as a result:
Reissued Form 486 Notification Letters:
Although applicants have been receiving timely, accurate Form 486 Notification Letters, their service providers have not. This has resulted in many applicants not being able to receive discounted bills. The technical issue has been solved; however, in order to make sure that applicant and service provider notifications are consistent with respect to issuance dates, the SLD has reissued Form 486 Notification Letters to all applicants and service providers. No action is required on the part of applicants -- just file the letter with your FY 2012 E-rate documentation.
Delayed Issuance of Quarterly Disbursement Reports:
After the end of each calendar quarter, USAC issues a Quarterly Disbursement Report that details all invoicing activity, BEAR Forms and SPI Forms, processed during that quarter for all funding years. This report allows you to track all of the invoicing activity related to your Billed Entity Number (BEN). For those of you with invoicing activity for the 2nd quarter period (April - June), you should have received your 2nd quarter QDR around the first week in July. Instead, those QDRs were mailed last week, with a June 30, 2013 date. At this time, USAC doesn't know when the 3rd quarter QDRs (July - Sept) will be issued.
If you have any questions about these delayed or duplicate letters, please don't hesitate to contact me at jtschell@comcast.net.
-- Julie
Julie Tritt Schell
PA E-rate Coordinator
717-730-7133 - o
717-730-9060 - f
jtschell@comcast.net
www.e-ratepa.org
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