United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2012_register executive 2012-03-02 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fd57ea D09002ee1c7fd5937 United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency 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. 77 FR 12952 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-03-02/2012-4978 2012-4978 fr02mr12-18 6712-01-P WC Docket Nos. 11-42, 03-109, 12-23 and CC Docket No. 96-45 FCC 12-11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-03-02/2012-4978 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/html/2012-4978.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/pdf/2012-4978.pdf Communications Common Carriers Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Telecommunications Telephone 29 p. 12952 12980 77 FR 12952 Title 47 Part 54 47 CFR Part 54 Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Advancing Broadband Availability Through Digital Literacy Training; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue RULE 2012-4978 III FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2012-04-02 WC Docket Nos. 11-42, 03-109, 12-23 and CC Docket No. 96-45 FCC 12-11 6712-01-P 2012-4978 Final rule.

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.

Effective April 2, 2012, except for the amendments to Sec. Sec. 54.202(a), 54.401(c), 54.403, 54.407, 54.410, 54.416, 54.417, 54.420, 54.222 which contain information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those sections, and except for the amendments contained herein to 47 CFR 54.411, 54.412, 54.413 and 54.414 which shall become effective April 1, 2012; and 47 CFR 54.409 which shall become effective June 1, 2012. Kimberly Scardino, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202) 418-7400 or TTY: (202) 418-0484. Communications Common Carriers Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Telecommunications Telephone Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization: Advancing Broadband Availability Through Digital Literacy Training , http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0207/FCC-12-11A1.doc Vol. 77, no. 42 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-03-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 268 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-03-02 P0b002ee181f59aa8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02mr12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-03-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/pdf/FR-2012-03-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/xml/FR-2012-03-02.xml fdlp 12721 12980 DGPO 2012-03-02 2024-06-03 FR-2012-03-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-03-02 77 42