May 21, 2026
Service Provider Payment System Unavailable
Service providers will be unable to make payments using E-File on Saturday, June 20, 2026.
A full service outage will begin at 12:00 pm (NOON) ET on June 20, 2026. We expect a minimum outage of 6 hours, and the migration may take as long as 12 hours.Â
April 27, 2026
E-File Unavailable 5/7/2026
USAC’s electronic filing system, E-File, will be unavailable on Thursday, May 7, 2026 from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET. We apologize in advance for this inconvenience.
April 23, 2026
Service Provider Payment System Unavailable
Service providers will be unable to make payments using E-File on the following dates from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET.
- Saturday, May 9
- Saturday, June 6
On these dates, Pay.gov services will be offline for internal maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
March 24, 2026
FCC Bans Seven Convicted E-Rate Fraudsters from USF Programs
On March 20, 2026, the FCC barred seven individuals who had been convicted of defrauding the E-Rate program from participating in activities associated with any Universal Service Fund-supported program. Corporations controlled by these individuals received over $14 million in E-Rate funds from 2010 to 2016 but failed to provide much of the equipment for which they had billed the federal government. Read more in the FCC’s press release.
March 17, 2026
FCC Announces 2Q26 Contribution Factor 37.0%
The FCC released a Public Notice, DA 26-218, announcing that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, June) will be .370 or 37.0 percent.
