Telecommunications, additional action needed to address significant risks in FCC's Lifeline program : report to congressional requesters

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Telecommunications, additional action needed to address significant risks in FCC's Lifeline program : report to congressional requesters

Title remainder

report to congressional requesters

Title variation

• Additional action needed to address significant risks in FCC's Lifeline program
• Telecommunications, additional action needed to address significant risks in Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline program
• GAO-17-538 Telecommunications

Creator

• United States, Government Accountability Office

Author

• United States, Government Accountability Office

Issuing body

• United States, Government Accountability Office

Subject

• Poor -- Services for
• Poor -- Services for
• Telecommunication policy
• Telecommunication policy -- United States
• United States
• United States, Federal Communications Commission
• United States, Federal Communications Commission -- Rules and practice | Evaluation
• Wireless communication systems -- Government policy
• Wireless communication systems -- Government policy -- United States
• Broadband communication systems -- Government policy
• Broadband communication systems -- Government policy -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Created in the mid-1980s, FCC's Lifeline provides discounts to eligible low-income households for home or wireless telephone and, as of December 2016, broadband service. Lifeline reimburses telephone companies that offer discounts through the USF, which in turn is generally supported by consumers by means of a fee charged on their telephone bills. In 2016, Lifeline disbursed about $1.5 billion in subsidies to 12.3 million households. In 2010, GAO found Lifeline had limited abilities to detect and prevent ineligible subscribers from enrolling. FCC adopted a reform order in 2012 to enhance Lifeline's internal controls. GAO was asked to examine FCC's reforms. This report discusses, among other objectives, (1) the extent to which Lifeline demonstrates effective performance towards program goals, and (2) steps FCC and USAC have taken to enhance controls over finances, subscribers, and providers, and any weaknesses that might remain

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DID

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federal national government publication

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• illustrations
• maps

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction

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• dictionaries
• bibliography