House Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman of California is r...
House Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman of California is reviving a Universal Service Fund investigation that he began last Congress, when he was the Oversight Committee chairman. Waxman sent a letter Wednesday to FCC acting Chairman Michael Copps asking…
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for an “update to an earlier data request concerning universal service fund disbursements.” The information is needed because the committee is “likely to consider proposals to reform” the fund, the letter said. The data sought include an updated list of the top 10 recipients in the high-cost program in 2006, 2007 and 2008; a state-by-state list of total disbursements to the top 10 recipients; an updated list of the 10 largest per-line subsidies for each study area; a list of competitive eligible telecommunications carriers and the total support they receive in the study areas from 2006 to 2008; a state-by-state list of total USF high-cost support payments; and a state-by-state list of ETCs and the names of the carriers. The deadline for producing the information is April 23. Ranking member Joe Barton of Texas signed the letter, along with the leaders of the Communications subcommittee.