Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Advancing Broadband Availability Through Digital Literacy Training
broadband · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2012-03-02 · Effective 2012-04-02 · 77 FR 12952
Document
Document number
2012-4978
Federal Register citation
77 FR 12952
CFR reference
47 CFR 54
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
broadband
Publication date
2012-03-02
Effective date
2012-04-02
FCC docket
WC Docket Nos. 11-42, 03-109, 12-23 and CC Docket No. 96-45
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission comprehensively reforms and begins to modernize the Universal Service Fund's Lifeline program. The reforms adopted in this document substantially strengthen protections against waste, fraud, and abuse; improve program administration and accountability; improve enrollment and consumer disclosures; initiate modernization of the program for broadband; and constrain the growth of the program in order to reduce the burden on all who contribute to the Universal Service Fund.