USAC Operation and Management
In the April 30, 2026 edition of the ICORE Blog we reported on a Public Notice by the FCC seeking comment on potential reforms to the operation and management of…
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May 29, 2026
USAC Reform
On April 15, 2026, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of the Managing Director issued a Public Notice (Notice) seeking comment on potential reforms to the operations and management…
April 30, 2026
NARUC Wants Better Federal- State Coordination of Broadband Programs
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners recently released a draft resolution recommending that state commissions, the FCC and USAC work together with those federal and state agencies that implement…
July 8, 2022
Significant Broadband Testing Ordered to Start in Less than One Year
The FCC, in an order adopted and released July 6, 2018 (by the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology), prescribed broadband testing…
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August 29, 2018
As USAC Announces Cuts in HCLS and CAF BLS Support, Pai Responds
USAC recently announced that application of the FCC’s budget control mechanism would reduce USF support for small Rate-of-Return RLECS by 15.52% over the course of the next year. “As required…
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May 9, 2018
Relief in Sight?
Recent FCC actions indicate that it is in the process of addressing the critical shortfall in USF support for RLECs. The Commission has directed USAC to retain any excess cash…
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November 9, 2017
Pai Addresses Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Lifeline Program
In recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai confirmed what many of us already knew, or at least suspected: That…
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September 28, 2017
