FCC, USAC Working to Ready Lifeline National Verifier, Pai Says
FCC staff is working with Universal Service Administrative Co. to prepare a national verifier of Lifeline eligibility for launch, said Chairman Ajit Pai in an update to Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., posted Friday in commission docket 18-5. "USAC continues to…
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focus on addressing [Federal Information Security Management Act] compliance to ensure the National Verifier will be a secure system," Pai wrote. "USAC has completed several steps in this process and is making significant strides toward completing all FISMA requirements." He said commission staff and USAC are working to finalize dates, and stakeholders will be given advance notice about the launch once the dates are finalized. Both "continue to work on the expansion of the National Verifier in additional states to minimize the impact of the initial delay and are close to finalizing data sharing agreements in two additional states," Pai wrote.