The universal service fund’s ’significant increase’ in erroneous ...
The universal service fund’s “significant increase” in erroneous payments was flagged in a recent Congressional Research Service report. While many government programs have reduced their error rates, the USF error rate “increased from 14.7% in FY 2007 to 19.2%…
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in FY 2008, and USF-related improper payments grew from $906 million to $1.6 billion in that time,” the report said. The error rate for all agencies was 3.9 percent in FY 2008, up from 2.8 percent the year before, CRS said.