NARUC urges the FCC to closely scrutinize RDOF long-form applications

The NARUC board of directors unanimously approved: Resolution on the Federal Communications Commission’s Review of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction Bidders Long Forms

Resolution urges the Federal Communications Commission to closely scrutinize the long-form applications and subsequently filed technical, financial, and managerial information of provisional RDOF support winners to ensure that each provider does, in fact, have the technical, financial, managerial, operational skills, capabilities, and resources to deliver the services at the speeds and latency tiers they have pledged for every American they plan to serve, regardless of the technology they usee; and be it be further; Resolved that NARUC encourages the FCC to seek and incorporate opportunities for input into its RDOF long-form review so as to ensure the success of the program and to minimize the possibility of waste, fraud, or abuse of USF funds.