Edmond, Okla. (Nov. 18, 2008) – Funds For Learning, the nation’s leading E-rate funding compliance services firm, has been honored with a 2008 Award of Excellence from Tech & Learning magazine for its product E-rate Manager for Applicants. The online suite of tools enables schools and districts to complete the entire E-rate application process online. E-rate Manager for Applicants is one of only 35 products honored in this year’s competition.

For the past 26 years, Tech & Learning has been recognizing the most outstanding educational technology products in the industry. With a solid reputation in the industry as a longstanding, high-quality program, the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence recognizes both the “best of the best” and creative new offerings that help educators in the business of teaching, training and managing with technology.

“Choosing the finalists was no easy task,” said Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director for Tech & Learning. “Those companies that passed muster should feel proud of this accomplishment.”

Schools and libraries turn to E-rate Manager for Applicants for assistance with their E-rate funding requests and commitments. The online suite of tools enables school districts to stay current with fluctuating deadlines and paperwork, track remaining E-rate funding, monitor sites where funding is used, and respond to E-rate program auditors. E-rate Manager for Applicants helps thousands of schools and districts every year obtain the technology funding they need.

Schools and libraries turn to E-rate Manager for Applicants for assistance with their E-rate funding requests and commitments. The online suite of tools enables school districts to stay current with fluctuating deadlines and paperwork, track remaining E-rate funding, monitor sites where funding is used, and respond to E-rate program auditors.

A panel of more than 30 qualified educators conducted numerous rounds of judging, which took place over several weeks at various computer labs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Evaluation criteria used to assess the more than 100 entries included quality and effectiveness, ease of use, creative use of technology, and suitability for use in an educational environment.

More Information

Learn about the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence program at www.techlearning.com.

Visit www.fundsforlearning.com, or phone 405-341-4140.

The Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company administers the E-rate program; details available at www.usac.org.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the E-rate program and Funds For Learning, the company has published “E-rate Review: 10 Years and Counting” (PDF, 944KB), a white paper on the success of the E-rate program and its impact on stakeholders.

Other background material: History of the E-rate Program, The E-rate Application Process, and Latest E-rate News.

About Funds For Learning

Funds For Learning, LLC, is an E-rate compliance firm specializing in guiding E-rate applicants and service providers through the complex and ever-changing E-rate regulatory process. With more than 10 years of experience in providing professional advice and assistance relating to the E-rate program, Funds For Learning exists to provide high-quality solutions for the needs of E-rate stakeholders. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Edmond, Okla.

Contacts

Funds For Learning, LLC
Scott Weston
405-471-0953
sweston at fundsforlearning dot com
www.fundsforlearning.com

C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
Emily Embury
608-839-9800
emily at cblohm dot com
www.cblohm.com

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