Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.

Résumé

On January 10, 1997, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and an accompanying Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to amend the Commission's rules consistent with proposals to permit the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) to change the size and composition of its Board of Directors. In the NPRM, the Commission tentatively concludes that the composition of NECA's Board of Directors must be altered to make the Board more representative of all segments of the telecommunications industry before NECA may be appointed as the temporary administrator of the new universal service support mechanisms, pursuant to the Universal Service proceeding in CC Docket 96-45. In the Notice of Inquiry (NOI), the Commission seeks comment on how the Commission might amend its rules to remove any regulatory barriers that otherwise may prevent NECA from satisfying the Joint Board's criteria for a neutral third party permanent administrator for the new universal service support mechanisms. The NOI also seeks comment as to what, if any, additional reforms the Commission should adopt with respect to the administration of the current access tariff and pool revenue distribution programs and