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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Good news from the FCC!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Commission rules prohibit entities eligible for the RHC and E-Rate programs from soliciting or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">accepting anything of value from a service provider participating or seeking to participate in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">those programs. Today’s waiver will allow health care providers, schools, and libraries to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">accept improved capacity, Wi-Fi hotspots, networking gear, or other equipment or services to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">support doctors and patients, teachers and students, and librarians and patrons during the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">coronavirus outbreak. For example, some providers have expressed interest in providing free<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">network upgrades for hospitals that need more robust connections to treat patients via<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">telemedicine and free connected devices and hotspots for students who will be taking classes at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">home. This waiver will enable them to do such things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sonya Schryer Norris<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michigan Department of Education<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>517-335-1498<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Norriss2@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Norriss2@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mel.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://mel.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://michlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://michlibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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