...the needs of schools and libraries have shifted with the ever-evolving technological landscape since Congress established the program in 1996. Bipartisan reports dating back to 2005 called the E-Rate program “a well-intentioned program that nonetheless is extremely vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse, is poorly managed by the FCC, and completely lacks tangible measures of either effectiveness or impact.” The program is also struggling to supply sufficient high-speed broadband; nearly 80 percent of respondents to a 2010 survey of E-Rate applicants said that their broadband connections did not fully meet their current needs.
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2 posted on 07/31/2013 3:05:07 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
("Thus, my opponent's argument falls.")