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Online Form 471 and Item 21

• Apply online: http://sl.universalservice.org/menu.asp

Now is the time to submit Form 471, if your Form 470 has been posted online for at least 28 days.

To review:

Step #1 - write technology plan (if necessary)

Step #2 - File Form 470 (Description of Services Requested and Certification Form)

If you've written your tech plan (which is necessary for everything except basic telephone service), or have an approved plan which runs through June 30, 2010 and have filed Form 470, then the next step is Form 471. The application window will open next week at noon EST on December 2 and will close on Feb. 12, 2009 at 11:59 EST.

NCIPA & CIPA Compliance

E-rate Central CIPA Compliance Checklist

Children's Internet Protection Act - SLD

Children's Internet Protection Act, CIPA: A Brief FAQ

Form 471 Information

• Information You Will Need for Form 471

Technology Plans and Technology Plan Approval Process

• Technology Plans

Once your Internet Safety and Acceptable Use Policies are in place, your library must decide if it wishes to filter and to what extent. The CIPA portion of the law does not require libraries to filter. Compliance is only necessary to participate in certain portions of the E-rate program and some LSTA funded initiatives. Libraries deciding to forego funds from these programs do not need to filter.