Bulletins

On December 15, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Managing Director provided guidance (see DA 14-1820) to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) concerning maintenance of cash reserves for meeting funding commitments for the Schools and Libraries Support Mechanism. Consistent with this guidance, USAC has determined that a projected $1.9 billion will be available to carry-forward to Schools and Libraries Support Mechanism funding year (FY) 2016. Utilizing the agreed upon methodology, $1,357 million is projected from the Funding Years 2013 and prior, $355 million is projected from FY 2014 and $188 million is projected from FY 2015 to be available for carry-forward to FY 2016.

In this Public Notice, the Office of Managing Director (OMD) announces that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the first quarter of 2016 will be 0.182 or 18.2 percent.

Streamlined Resolution of Requests Related to Actions by the Universal Service Administration Company
CC Docket No. 96-45
CC Docket No. 02-6
WC Docket No. 02-60
WC Docket No. 96-45
WC Docket No. 08-71

Pursuant to our procedure for resolving requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration of decisions related to actions taken by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that are consistent with precedent (collectively, Requests), the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants, dismisses, or denies the following Requests. The deadline for filing petitions for reconsideration or applications for review concerning the disposition of any of these Requests is 30 days from release of this Public Notice.

Pursuant to section 54.703(c) of the Commission's rules, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks nominations for the following Board member positions on the Board of Directions of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) listed below for a three-year term.

Effective November 1, 2015, Chairman Tom Wheeler appoints twelve members to the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). In a public notice released July 16, 2015, the Wireline Competition Bureau solicited nominations for the Board member positions listed below in accordance with section 54.703(c) of the Commission’s rules.1

Pursuant to our procedure for resolving requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration of decisions related to actions taken by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that are consistent with precedent (collectively, Requests), the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants, dismisses, or denies the following Requests. The deadline for filing petitions for reconsideration or applications for review concerning the disposition of any of these Requests is 30 days from release of this Public Notice.

In this Public Notice, the Office of Managing Director (OMD) announces that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the fourth quarter of 2015 will be 0.167 or 16.7 percent.

Streamlined resolution of requests related to actions by the Universal Service Administration Company
CC Docket No. 96-45
CC Docket No. 97-21
CC Docket No. 02-6
WC Docket No. 06-122

The Federal Communications Commission will be performing Information Technology upgrades and improvements from 6 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, through the Labor Day weekend. This work should be completed by 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 8, 2015.