FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has created a Universal Service Fund "strike force" dedicated to weeding out waste, fraud and abuse.
That is one of the goals of the FCC's reforms of the USF fund, which distributes billions of dollars in subsidies to pay for telecom service in rural and urban areas where there is no business case for extending service.
The new unit will be housed in the Enforcement Bureau and headed by Loyaan Egal, who joins the FCC from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, where Egal was senior assistant U.S. attorney general in the Fraud and Public Corruption Section.
"The Commission is committed to aggressively rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse," said Wheeler in announcing the hire. "The USF Strike Force expands the Commission's activities, including those of the FCC Office of Inspector General, to protect the integrity of the Universal Service Fund and ensure that the American people's money is wisely spent."
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That is one of the goals of the FCC's reforms of the USF fund, which distributes billions of dollars in subsidies to pay for telecom service in rural and urban areas where there is no business case for extending service.
The new unit will be housed in the Enforcement Bureau and headed by Loyaan Egal, who joins the FCC from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, where Egal was senior assistant U.S. attorney general in the Fraud and Public Corruption Section.
"The Commission is committed to aggressively rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse," said Wheeler in announcing the hire. "The USF Strike Force expands the Commission's activities, including those of the FCC Office of Inspector General, to protect the integrity of the Universal Service Fund and ensure that the American people's money is wisely spent."
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