FCC Seeks Nominations for Six Board Member Positions on the Universal Service Administrative Company Board of Directors

The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau seeks nominations for the following board member positions on the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC):

1. representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (other than Bell Operating Companies) with annual operating revenues in excess of $40 million (position currently held by D. Michael Anderson),
2. representative for state telecommunication regulators (position currently held by Anne C. Boyle),
3. representative for interexchange carriers with more than $3 billion in annual operating revenues (position currently held by Rex Knowles),
4. representative for information service providers (position currently held by David P. McClure),
5. representative for rural health care providers that are eligible to receive discounts (position currently held by Jay H. Sanders, MD),
6. representative for schools that are eligible to receive discounts (position currently held by Phyllis Simon).

The terms of the above board members are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2013. All nominations must be filed by October 23, 2013.