The Universal Service Administrative Co. can begin processing a funding...
The Universal Service Administrative Co. can begin processing a funding request from 2001 that was suspended because of irregularities, the FCC Wireline Bureau said Wednesday. USAC suspended payments to Puerto Rico’s Department of Education after finding there were no computers…
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in the audited classrooms, a violation of FCC rules for the E-rate program. The commission later issued an order directing USAC not to process funding requests for 2001 or 2002 from the department that involved Data Research Corp., because Puerto Rico’s Justice Department was investigating the company. Data Research filed a petition in 2006 asking that processing resume because the investigation was over. Now the bureau has agreed that the funding requests shouldn’t remain on hold. It ordered USAC to resume processing the 2001 department requests involving the company, applying the usual provisions for uncovering waste, fraud and abuse.