FCC SHOULD POSTPONE USF RULE CHANGES, SBA SAYS

摘要

The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy told FCC Chmn. Kevin Martin the agency should postpone action on plans to increase the wireless safe harbor for Universal Service Fund (USF) contributions and add VoIP providers to the contributions pool for the first time. In a June 15 letter SBA said the Commission hadn’t properly analyzed either action’s economic effect or submitted a regulatory flexibility analysis meeting Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) requirements: “Doing so will bring the FCC into compliance with the RFA and will afford the Commission the opportunity to legitimately solicit input from small businesses on the regulatory costs of compliance as well as garner recommendations for significant alternatives that would minimize the impact on small businesses.”