Congress Wants GAO to Investigate FCC USF Reforms

摘要

Concerned about the rural impact of the FCC USF reforms, more than sixty members of Congressnasked the GAO to examine the effects of the 2011 USF/intercarrier compensation order and related rulemakings.nIn a letter sent Monday to U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, the bipartisan group of 63nmembers — mostly from rural areas — asked the GAO to focus on the effects of the commission’snchanges to the high-cost component of the USF, and on the availability of broadband.