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InternetNews
December 8, 2004
Roy Mark |
Inter-Tel Pleads Guilty to E-Rate Fraud The company agrees to pay $8.71 million to settle charges of bid rigging and wire fraud in dealing with the E-Rate program. E-Rate helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet.   |
InternetNews
March 17, 2005
Roy Mark |
Tales of Fraud, Abuse in School E-Rate Program New report says troubled school Internet subsidy program marred by waste, fraud and abuse. |
InternetNews
May 28, 2004
Roy Mark |
NEC Subsidiary Admits to E-Rate Fraud The company agrees to $20.6 million fine to settle criminal charges of swindling a program designed to bring Internet connections to schools and libraries. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2006
Roy Mark |
Bid-Rigging Costs Firm in E-Rate Fraud California computer maker Premio agrees to pay fines and restitution for bid-rigging and mail fraud in E-Rate program that provides technology for schools. |
InternetNews
June 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Lack of Funding Hurting E-rate Oversight The Inspector General tells Congress that fraud, waste and abuse will likely continue without adequate investigative resources. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
E-Rate Receives Relief Under the program, telecom companies or contractors provide eligible equipment and services to schools and libraries at a discount, and the federal government covers the difference through the E-Rate fund. |
InternetNews
June 29, 2006
Roy Mark |
Indiana Pays Up For E-Rate Fraud Earlier this week, Indiana agreed to pay nearly $8.3 million to the U.S. government as part of a civil settlement involving the state's now-defunct Intelenet Commission, which handled E-rate payments. |
InternetNews
February 12, 2007
Roy Mark |
Former Telco Exec Convicted of E-Rate Fraud A former Texas telecom executive faces up to a maximum of 140 years in prison and a $250,000 fine following his conviction Friday for defrauding the federal E-Rate program that supports Internet connections and equipment for schools and libraries. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2006
Roy Mark |
School Official Hit With E-Rate Fraud Charge A former South Carolina school technology director is facing charges she committed mail and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the federal E-rate program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet. |
InternetNews
December 7, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Charge Former Telecom Exec With E-Rate Fraud A former South Texas telecom executive is facing nine counts of wire fraud for allegedly bilking the federal E-Rate program for schools and libraries out of more than $140,000. |
InternetNews
January 16, 2004
Roy Mark |
E-Rate Probe Focuses on Chicago A Congressional panel wants to know more about possible equipment stockpiling by Chicago public schools. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2005
Roy Mark |
Federal E-Rate Indictments Grow Six companies and five individuals charged with wire fraud, collusion, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy. |
InternetNews
April 24, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Nab E-Rate Fraudsters A Houston-based networking company agreed Friday to pay more than $4.6 million in fines and restitution to settle E-Rate fraud charges. |
InternetNews
July 5, 2006
Roy Mark |
NEC Barred From E-Rate Program The FCC reduces a possible three-year ban from the E-Rate program for NEC-Business Network Solutions'. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2010 |
HP, DoJ Reach Settlement in E-Rate Fraud Case HP has agreed to pay $16.25 million to resolve allegations that former employees and contractors defrauded the federal telecom subsidy for broadband in schools. |
InternetNews
June 15, 2005
Roy Mark |
FCC Launches E-Rate Inquiry The Federal Communications Commission is launching a comprehensive review of the school and library Internet subsidy plan. |
Reason
October 2004
Lisa Snell |
School Net Scams Large corporations have gained millions from the E-rate feeding trough. With the federal government auditing less than 1 percent of E-rate recipients, these cases may be just the tip of the iceberg in a program that has spent $13 billion to date. |
InternetNews
October 19, 2005
Roy Mark |
Failing Grade For FCC's E-Rate Program Lawmakers promise reform legislation to clean up program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2005 |
Uncovering E-Rate Mismanagement A 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
October 2004
Sara Fitzgerald |
The Impotance of Obeying E-Rate's Rules Now more than ever, it's important for school officials to pay close attention to the E-rate program's rules and requirements in order to help ensure that this significant funding source for school technology is not disrupted. |
Information Today
July 17, 2014 |
E-rate Program Gets Bigger Wi-Fi Budget The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) updated the E-rate Program to allow the addition of more Wi-Fi networks to U.S. schools and libraries. |
InternetNews
December 2, 2004
Michael Singer |
Infineon Execs Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing Four Infineon executives agreed to plead guilty to charges they conspired to fix prices in the computer memory sector, officials said Thursday. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Egg On Enron Faces The people who brought about the Enron debacle are slowly starting to pay for their crimes. |
CFO
Joseph McCafferty |
Laundry Time Prosecutors are applying money laundering laws to the recent crop of financial scandals. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Indict Two For Internet Scam Bogus online auctions for Hurricane Katrina victims leads to charges of wire and identity fraud. |
CFO
July 1, 2004 |
Canary Chorus At least a dozen former finance executives are preparing to sing for prosecutors... NASA still hasn't found that $2 billion... CFOs on the move... |
InternetNews
September 22, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Former CA CEO Indicted Sanjay Kumar is charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction offenses, while his former company Computer Associates strikes a deal to avoid court. |
InternetNews
December 9, 2004
Roy Mark |
Senate Approves Last Minute Telecom Package Legislation includes spectrum relocation funds and reprieve for stalled E-Rate funds. |
Information Today
December 16, 2014 |
E-Rate Program Increases Broadband Budget The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an E-rate program modernization order that will expand public libraries' broadband access. |
Information Today
April 29, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
FCC and IMLS Focus on Libraries, Broadband, and the Future of Net Neutrality Libraries as Key to Addressing the Digital Divide... The FCC Announces a Game-Change for Net Neutrality... Governmental and Business Efforts to Speed Up Access... |
InternetNews
August 26, 2004
Roy Mark |
DoJ Nabs 103 in Online Crime Sweep Ashcroft says summer-long campaign known as Operation Web Snare reveals increasing internationalization of online crime. |
Information Today
July 23, 2013
Barbie E. Keiser |
E-Rate Connects America's Classrooms, Libraries The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation convened on July 17, 2013 to discuss ways to strengthen E-Rate (E-Rate 2.0: Connecting Every Child to the Transformative Power of Technology). |
Information Today
February 3, 2015 |
ALA Educates Libraries About the E-rate Program The American Library Association launched the Got E-rate? initiative, which encourages library leaders to apply for internet discounts as part of the E-rate program. |
Information Today
August 11, 2015 |
E-rate Program Update The Federal Communications Commission pushed back its Sept. 1 deadline for providing schools funding for wireless and internet upgrades as part of the E-rate program. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
On Trial This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some corporate movers and shakers. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Kris Frieswick |
Fraud Squad Federal investigators are on a crusade to elevate corporate misdeeds to criminal offenses. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Hall of Shame Robert Brennan: Found guilty of stock fraud and fined $75 million... Meyer Blinder: Sentenced to 46 months in prison for racketeering, money laundering and stock fraud in 1992... etc. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2009 |
DoJ Busts Up Eastern European Hacking Ring Feds indict seven hackers and conspirators responsible for ripping off more than $9 million from an Atlanta-based credit card processing company. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
CFO
June 1, 2003 |
The Plan of Plan B's Do plan B accounting firms present a real threat to the Big Four?... Master of Science in Financial Engineering program at Kent State University began trading derivatives on a simulated trading floor... Gov fails audit... Directors getting paid more... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 16, 2010
David Nagel |
Ed Tech at the Crossroads The Consortium or School Networking prepares for its annual conference on education technology policy and leadership. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2008 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Are Changes Coming to E-Rate?... Congress Gives Okay to New Tech Research Center... ILC 2008 Preregistration Still Open... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2008
Rama Ramaswami |
Make It Stretch As technology funding dwindles, districts must use the resources they do have to maximum advantage. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 10, 2010
David Nagel |
'E-Rate 2.0' Would Expand Broadband Access, Fund E-Book Pilot E-rate is a federal program that provides schools and libraries with discounts on telecommunications, Internet, and networking technologies and services. |
Registered Rep.
October 6, 2004
Leitch & Gaffen |
Raymond James Fights the SEC's Fraud Charges The SEC brought fraud charges against the Tampa-based firm, saying the firm had looked the other way when a former broker scammed investors of approximately $44.5 million between 1999 and 2000. |
U.S. Banker
September 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Security: The Inside Job Your employees wouldn't rip you off, right? Think again. Their theft will cost banks $2.4 billion this year. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 10, 2010
David Nagel |
Broadband Plan Looks To Overhaul E-Rate, Promote Online Learning In a presentation to stakeholders Wednesday, FCC Director of Education Steve Midgley provided a preview of the forthcoming National Broadband Plan. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 1, 2010
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Two Plans, One Vision March 10, 2010 was an important day in education technology history. |
