The Kansas Corporation Commission called for comment by Sept. 21 ...
The Kansas Corporation Commission called for comment by Sept. 21 on whether it should require recipients of state universal service subsidies to formally certify they've used the state’s subsidies appropriately. Currently, carriers’ reports on how they use universal service…
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subsidies lump federal and state funds together. The staff (Case 08-GIMT-154-GIT) suggested the idea that carriers itemize and certify their use of state support separately from their federal support. The commission asked parties to comment on whether the commission can impose a separate state subsidy certification requirement, what information carriers need to supply for state certification, potential for effects on federal universal service programs, and penalties for carriers that fail to use the state subsidies appropriately.