Chairman Pai Letter to Rep Mast Regarding Lifeline Verifier

On May 16, 2019, Rep Brian Mast (F-FL) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai asking if the FCC would grant a waiver request that would provide interim relief by allowing service providers to assist consumers by providing eligibility information to the National Verifier in batches for an eligibility determination, or if the FCC would establish some alternate form of electronic submission to verify eligibility in the interim period prior to full launch of the service provider application programming interface (API).

Chairman Pai responded on Oct 16, 2019, saying the FCC has directed the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to develop an API that would permit carriers to interface directly with the national verifier, and said USAC and the FCC will continue to work to increase the automated connections.