#lifeline-program

#lifeline-program

FCC OIS detected similar fraud in the system in a 2017 report, which resulted in the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), the Lifeline program administrator, beginning a "death check" as part of the enrollment process. However, the FCC allowed three states (California, Texas, and Oregon) to opt out of the death check process. The most recent OIG report specifies that the $5 million in fraud was all in the opt-out state

Home Wi-Fi may have seemed like a luxury not long ago. Yet now that nearly everything can - or is required to - be done online, we all need speedy internet to communicate, pay bills, take online classes, and work from home. While you can find free Wi-Fi around your community, it's not an ideal solution for working or learning from home.