FCC Bureau Solicits Nominations by Aug. 17 for USAC Board Seats
The FCC Wireline Bureau invited nominations by Aug. 17 to occupy 12 board seats on Universal Service Administrative Co., a public notice in docket 96-45 said Thursday. Board members have fiduciary duties to protect the interests of USAC -- which…
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administers USF programs for the FCC -- consistent with federal and state laws. The list includes six seats with terms that expired Dec. 31, 2013, and six that expired Dec. 31, 2014, but all but one of the seats are currently filled, the PN said. The FCC already solicited and received nominations for the first six but is seeking any new nominations to refresh the record, while it's seeking nominations for the second six for the first time. The slots to be filled are for representatives of Bell operating company ILECs, non-Bell ILECs with less than $40 million in annual revenues, libraries eligible for E-rate discounts, state consumer advocates, mobile wireless providers, cable operators, schools eligible for E-rate discounts (two slots), low-income consumers, CLECs, rural healthcare providers eligible to receive USF support and interexchange carriers with annual operating revenue of $3 billion or less.