WB Grants SECA ECF Waiver

The FCC Wireline Bureau granted the State E-rate Coordinators’ Alliance's request for an expedited waiver of the Emergency Connectivity Fund's invoice filing deadline, said an order Thursday in docket 21-93. The waiver applies to applicants that sought funding during either filing window, incorrectly used June 30, 2022, as the service delivery date, and received a funding commitment decision letter or revised letter with an Aug. 29, 2022, invoice filing deadline based on the incorrect delivery date. The bureau directed the Universal Service Administrative Co. to continue using the Aug. 29 filing deadline for affected program participants. It also modified ECF rules to allow applicants to use June 30 as the service delivery date for all funding requests made during each filing window and will take effect after Federal Register publication.