New NECA Monthly Settlement Certification Procedures

Starting with the January 2010 settlement cycle, NECA pool settlement data needs to be certified on a monthly basis. An officer or employee of the exchange carrier authorized to execute the certification of settlement data can access the certification web page (NECA.org), click on the radio button next to the current month, and complete the certification by clicking on "Submit".

For those members who are unable to certify electronically, an authorized representative can sign the Monthly Settlements Certification Form found in the pool procedures (Cost Company Exhibit 3-6 or Average Schedule Exhibit 3-5) each month and submit to their NECA regional office. This form must be received each month by the 10th workday of the month following the certification month.

Should the certification not be completed by the last workday of each settlement cycle month, an email reminder will be sent to authorized contacts, asking that the current certification be completed as soon as possible. Failure to complete monthly data certification in a timely manner may result in the disruption of settlement cash flow until compliant. Settlement certification is not necessary on NECA.org for months in which no data was submitted for both the Data Month Estimate (DME) and for the prior 24-month settlement window.

For further detail on settlement certification, NECA will update the Settlement Certification Q&A found on NECA.org. 

NTIA and RUS Release Second Round NOFA

NTIA and RUS have released separate Notices of Funding Availability for the second and final round of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP).  For more information on the final round of NOFAs Click Here.