E-rate Task Force

Charge

In January 2006, the Committe on Legislation passed a resolution reaffirming support of the universal service and the E-rate discounts for libraries and schools and establishing an ALA presidentially-appointed task force to work with the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve and streamline the current operation and future development of the E-rate program of discounted telecommunication rates for schools and libraries. To gather input from the library community and other interested library organizations including Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) about issues and concerns with the E-rate program and convey those concerns to the SLD and to the FCC on the telecommunications discount program.

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Roster

Lauren Abner

(Chair, June 1, 2021, to June 30, 2027)

Robert F. Bocher

(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027)

Jerome Browning

(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027)

Mrs. Cindy S. Church

(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027)

Mrs. Sharmaine Frazier

(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027)

Ms. Christine Marie Gauvreau

(Member, August 24, 2021, to June 30, 2027)

Mrs. Amber E. Gregory

(Member, July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2026)

Michael Maziekien

(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027)

Christine Morris

(Member, July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2026)

Mrs. Malavika Muralidharan

(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027)

Christa Porter

(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026)

Henry Stokes

(Member, June 1, 2021, to June 30, 2027)

Rosalind Bradley

(Staff Liaison, September 1, 2022, to September 1, 2099)

Megan Janicki

(Staff Liaison, July 14, 2022, to June 30, 2030)

Mrs. Katherine Varela

(Staff Liaison, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2099)

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Composition

The E-rate Task Force consists of 12 members drawn from the membership at large serving two-year terms and led by a chair and vice-chair.