FCC Office of Inspector Gen. (OIG) said some people could be misu...
FCC Office of Inspector Gen. (OIG) said some people could be misusing govt. money that was supposed to go toward wiring schools and public libraries for computer access. OIG has referred 11 cases of possible waste, fraud and abuse…
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to FBI and one case to Dept. of Justice. IG Walker Feaster said none of allegations were against FCC employees, but against some who had received money from Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC), which distributes money from FCC’s Universal Service Fund. Feaster said cases were passed on to other agencies because they could involve criminal violations. He declined to provide details, citing pending investigations, but said they involved e-rate funds. Both FBI and Justice are so busy working on terrorism cases, Feaster said, that FCC’s OIG hasn’t been pressing heavily for them to follow up on FCC’s cases: “Obviously the FBI is busy doing other things. We're sort of in a holding status right now.”