FCC Commissioner Pai Letter to USAC Re Lifeline Program Abuse

I seek your aid in combating the waste, fraud, and abuse that has riddled the Universal Service Fund's Lifeline program since wireless resellers began participating in this program in earnest in 2009. The Federal Communications Commission's recent investigation of Total Call Mobile revealed much about the dubious practices of the industry. American taxpayers deserve to know that the money they contribute each month to the Fund is not wasted or put to fraudulent use. Therefore, I request that the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) provide the following information to my office:

• For each of the four Lifeline wireless resellers named by Total Call Mobile sales agents, a description of any investigations, audits, or reviews that USAC has conducted.
• A list tof any and all Lifeilne wireless resellers that overrode the safeguards of the NLAD more than 500 times between October 2014 and the present, noting the number and type of such overrides.
• An explanation of USAC's plan for reviewing, auditing, and investigating eligibility documentation retained by Lifeline wireless reselleers since Feb 17, 2016.