What is the federal E-Rate program?

a. A documented method or system of achieving a specific result in an effective, efficient manner.
b. A standard issued in August 2007 to enforce the standardization of security identification credentials for government employees and contractors. This standard covers both physical and logical access to government resources.
c. A program that offers discounts to libraries and schools ensuring they have affordable access to modern telecommunications and information services.
d. A collection of requirements that must be met by anyone who performs a given task or works on a specific system.

c. A program that offers discounts to libraries and schools ensuring they have affordable access to modern telecommunications and information services.

Explanation:

Federal E-Rate program refers to the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund managed by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and being directed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The program offers telecommunications and internet access to schools and libraries in the United States at discounts of between 20% and 90% in order to make the services affordable to them.

The discounts received by each of he beneficiary schools receive which is between the rage of 20% and 90% is determined by the degree of poverty and the urban/rural status of the population or students being served.

In the program, connectivity and maintenance services are provided by the Schools and Libraries Program, while school that applied to the program has to provide other items like software, hardware (e.g. computers), and among other items that will make then to use the connectivity provided.

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