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Weekly News Digest
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November 26, 2024 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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ALA Readies Court Defense of E-Rate and the Universal Service Fund
Megan Janicki writes the following for Public Libraries Online:More than half of all public libraries each year apply for E-Rate funding to support the broadband capacity needed to serve our communities nationwide. Recent legal challenges threaten this program for libraries and schools as part of the Universal Service Fund (USF) managed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). … Consumers’ Research has brought suits against the FCC in several appellate courts across the country, alleging that the USF contribution factor is unconstitutional. The 5th, 6th and 11th courts all agreed with the FCC and intervenors in the case and upheld the USF funding system as constitutional. However, in July, upon further review, the 5th circuit court ruled that the USF is not constitutional. Now, the case is headed to the Supreme Court, and ALA plans to go to court to defend the USF and the E-Rate program. The court is expected to grant certiorari in November, and amicus briefs will be needed. For more information, read the article.
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