E-rate reform would change formula.(LJ NEWS)(Brief Article)

In July the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the most comprehensive review of the E-rate program since it began in 1997. So the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), working with its E-rate Task Force, is proposing two major changes to the program and other short-term fixes. ALA seeks a major restructuring that simplifies all aspects of the program, eliminating several forms and steps so as not to deter libraries from participation.

ALA also wants …