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Technologie i telekomunikacja · 6.12.2013

Privacy Act System of Records

Pursuant to subsection (e)(4) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the FCC proposes to add a new system of records, FCC/WCB-1, "Lifeline Program." The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) will use the information contained in FCC/WCB- 1 to cover the personally identifiable information (PII) that is required as part of the Lifeline Program ("Lifeline"). The Lifeline Program provides discounts for voice telephony service (i.e., telephone service) to qualifying low-income households (i.e., individuals residing in a single household). Individuals may qualify for Lifeline through proof of income or participation in another qualifying program. Since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act), the Lifeline Program has been administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under Commission direction. USAC will maintain the databases containing consumer PII that are necessary to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline Program.

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Technologie i telekomunikacja · 9/14/2026

Promoting Fair and Open Competitive Bidding in the E-Rate Program; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved until November 30, 2027 an information collection associated with the rules for the Universal Service Schools and Libraries program contained in the Commission's Promoting Fair and Open Competitive Bidding in the E-Rate Program; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism Report and Order (Report and Order), WC Docket No. 21-455, CC Docket No. 02-6; FCC 26-30. This document is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new information collection requirements.

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Technologie i telekomunikacja · 9/11/2026

Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) takes further steps to strengthen its equipment authorization program against national security risks to the communications supply chain. The Commission closes a component-part loophole by prohibiting authorization of devices that incorporate logic-bearing hardware components produced by an entity identified on the Commission's Covered List, where the device would itself be prohibited from authorization had the Covered List entity produced the entire device. The Commission also requires that any modification or permissive change to equipment by an entity identified on the Covered List undergo full certification, clarifies that its marketing rules reach any entity (including online marketplaces) that markets unauthorized equipment, and requires online marketplaces, subject to limited exceptions, to display a device's FCC ID at the online point of sale. Finally, the Commission amends its definition of "critical infrastructure," as used on the Covered List, and corrects two administrative errors in its rules.

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Technologie i telekomunikacja · 9/11/2026

Notice of Debarment; Federal E-Rate Program

The Enforcement Bureau (the "Bureau") debars John Comito from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or E-Rate Program) and all federal universal service support mechanisms for three years.

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Technologie i telekomunikacja · 9/11/2026

Notice of Debarment; Federal E-Rate Program

The Enforcement Bureau (the "Bureau") debars Shawn Clemmons from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or E-Rate Program) and all federal universal service support mechanisms for three years.

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Technologie i telekomunikacja · 9/11/2026

Notice of Debarment; Federal E-Rate Program

The Enforcement Bureau (the "Bureau") debars Mark Whitaker from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or E-Rate Program) and all federal universal service support mechanisms for three years.

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