Uncovering E-Rate mismanagement: new subcommittee report details the waste, fraud, and abuse of the E-Rate program over a 2 1/2-year investigation.

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), November, 2005

A SUBCOMMITTEE of the Committee on Energy and Commerce last month released the report, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Concerns with the E-Rate Program (full report at www.thejournal.com/Erate_Report_Oct05.p df), on the heels of more than 2 1/2 years of investigation into the E-Rate program. The report's findings and recommendations have enormous implications for school districts and companies serving school districts, as well as the organizations administering and overseeing the E-Rate program. It also provides key findings, recommendations, background, and reasons for the investigation. Plus, it features district case studies from Puerto Rico; El Paso, TX; San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; and Atlanta, GA, and presents specific questionable vendor approaches to the E-Rate...

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