Review and Update Your EPC Profiles Now!

Each year, USAC updates applicant profiles in EPC using the reviewed and approved profile information from their current year FCC Forms 471. This is done so that applicants can start the application process for the upcoming funding year with information in their profiles that is accurate as of the date of their FCDL.

USAC has now completed this process for almost every applicant that had updates in advance of the FY2018 application cycle. All applicants can now review their profiles and make any additional updates for changes that occurred after USAC's review of their FY2017 FCC Forms 471.

Here are a few reminders of fields that you should check for accuracy:

School districts

• Verify that the FCC Registration Number (FCC RN) for your school district is correct. You do not need FCC RNs for each of your individual schools.
• Review the address and contact information for each of your individual schools and update it as needed. If a school has moved but the state still considers it to be the same school, just update its address – it does not need a new entity number.
• Update the student counts for the students attending each of your schools.
• Use the most recent student information available, which may mean entering or keeping last year's numbers if you do not yet have this year's numbers.
• Be sure to review your entries for the "peak part-time student counts" for each school. This is the greatest number of part-time students at a single point during the school day, NOT the total number of part-time students that attend the school during the course of the entire school day.
• Review the connectivity information that you entered in your profile last year for each school to make sure it is still accurate.

Library systems

• Verify that the FCC RN for your library system is correct. You do not need FCC RNs for each of your library branches.
• Review the address and contact information for each of your library branches and update it as needed. If a library branch has moved but the state still considers it to be the same library, just update its address – it does not need a new entity number.
• Review the entries for the square footage of each of your library branches to make sure they are correct.
• Verify that you have identified the library branch that serves as the main branch for your library system.
• Review the entries for the IMLS locale codes for each of your library branches, and provide entries for those that are blank.
• Review the connectivity information that you entered in your profile for each library branch last year to make sure it is still accurate.

Consortia

• Verify that the FCC RN for your consortium is correct.
• Review your list of consortium members to make sure it is accurate. You can easily add members to your consortium through the Manage Organization Relationships function in your profile.
• Remind your members to update their profiles so that the discount calculations on the forms you file will be accurate. Note that you are not required to update their connectivity information.

If you have any questions let me know.

Thanks,

Todd

tlawrence@sde.idaho.gov