Comments Due Sept. 27 on Disclosure of FCC Form 499-A Revenue Data to BLS
The FCC is taking opposing comments through Sept. 27 on a Bureau of Labor Statistics plan to use FCC Form 499-A data in revising for wired telecom carriers the producer price index, which measures monthly changes in price for residential…
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and business wired telecom services, said a public notice Tuesday in docket 06-122. BLS will use the form's revenue data and publicly available data on companies to collect sample data proportionate to economic size, the PN said. The FCC collects revenue data to determine how much providers must contribute to the USF. BLS said it will maintain confidentiality.