At its November meeting, the FCC plans to adopt a rule that
no universal service support may be used to purchase or obtain any equipment or
services produced or provided by any company posing a national security threat
to the integrity of communications networks or the communications supply
chain.
USAC filed its Semi-Annual
Audit Report with the Commission on September 30, 2019.
The report summarized outstanding audit findings as of August 31, 2019. The report noted that there were:
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced today that there is sufficient funding available to fully meet the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) estimated demand for category one and category two requests for E-rate supported services for funding year 2019.